“Mordioux!” cried the musketeer, stamping with his foot, “I am unfortunate. Porthos is such a stay-at-home!”
“Monsieur, there is not a more sedentary man that monseigneur, but — ”
“But what?”
“When a friend presses you — ”
“A friend?”
“Doubtless — the worthy M. d’Herblay.”
“What, has Aramis pressed Porthos?”
“This is how the thing happened, Monsieur d’Artagnan. M. d’Herblay wrote to monseigneur — ”
“Indeed!”