- Aramis stands and goes to the boat, supported by the three servants. He is full of grief.
- The narrator delivers a touching obituary.
- The men row towards Spain as Aramis sinks into a silent, immovable grief.
- The men soon realize they are being chased, but do not disturb their master until an hour has past.
- Aramis does not reply.
- The ship continues pursuit.
- There are twenty-five men on the ship, and they soon fire a cannon at the little boat.
- The sailors are afraid.
- Aramis tells the men to wait for the ship. The little boat surrenders. The terms of the surrender are that the servants' lives will be spared, but not Aramis's.
- Aramis tells his men to accept the conditions.
- Once on board, Aramis makes a sign to the captain and shows him the setting of one of his rings. The captain begins obeying Aramis.
- (We think that Aramis showed proof of his identity as the General of the Jesuits.)
- Aramis spends the night leaning on the rails, and one of his men later notices that the wood upon which Aramis's head rested was soaked with moisture.
- The narrator speculates that that moisture was the first tears Aramis ever shed. The narrator says that is equal to any epitaph Porthos could have received.