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Porthos

           Asourhouseiscarriedonveryregularly,andwemakeoutourbillseveryweek,attheendofeightdayswepresentedouraccount;butitappearedwehadchosenanunluckymoment,foratthefirstwordonthesubject,hesentustoallthedevils.Itistruehehadbeenplayingthedaybefore."

           "Playingthedaybefore!Andwithwhom?"

           "Lord,whocansay,monsieur?Withsomegentlemanwhowastravelingthisway,towhomheproposedagameofLANSQUENET."

           "That’sit,then,andthefoolishfellowlostallhehad?"

           "Eventohishorse,monsieur;forwhenthegentlemanwasabouttosetout,weperceivedthathislackeywassaddlingMonsieurPorthos’shorse,aswellashismaster’s.Whenweobservedthistohim,hetoldusalltotroubleourselvesaboutourownbusiness,asthishorsebelongedtohim.WealsoinformedMonsieurPorthosofwhatwasgoingon;buthetolduswewerescoundrelstodoubtagentleman’sword,andthatashehadsaidthehorsewashis,itmustbeso."

           "That’sPorthosallover,"murmuredd’Artagnan.

           "Then,"continuedthehost,"Irepliedthatasfromthemomentweseemednotlikelytocometoagoodunderstandingwithrespecttopayment,IhopedthathewouldhaveatleastthekindnesstograntthefavorofhiscustomtomybrotherhostoftheGoldenEagle;butMonsieurPorthosrepliedthat,myhousebeingthebest,heshouldremainwherehewas.Thisreplywastooflatteringtoallowmetoinsistonhisdeparture.

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