Waiting outside the Louvre Palace, Dogtanian and Pip notice a masked man lurking in the bushes. They give chase, and Dogtanian is fighting a duel with him when the Three Muskehounds appear. The stranger leaps the fence and makes off into the palace grounds. The Musketeers are unable to follow without a permit from Treville, which they set off to get. Pip is sent into the palace to warn Juliette, but the masked man is already hiding in the room where Buckingham and the Queen are having their clandestine meeting. Buckingham reveals he is in love with the Queen, who tells him she will always be faithful to her husband. He begs for a token to remember her by. Pip and Juliette burst in and expose the spy, who makes off. Buckingham has to leave France immediately to prevent discovery. The Queen sends Juliette with a letter for Buckingham and a gift of diamond studs given to her by the King. She is stopped by Widimer and Rochefort takes the package, but succeeds only in stealing a dummy le