34 IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF(1 / 3)

Porthos arrived a minute after d''Artagnan. The four friends were reunited.

The four tenanbsp;expresd four different feelings: that of Porthos, tranquillity; that of d''Artagnan, hope; that of Aramis, uneasiness; that of Athos, carelessness.

At the end of a moment''s versation, in whibsp;Porthos hinted that a lady of elevated rank had desded to relieve him from his embarrassment, Mousqueton entered. He came to request his master to return to his lodgings, where his prenbsp;was urgent, as he piteously said.

"Is it my equipment?"

"Yes and no," replied Mousqueton.

"Well, but ''t you speak?"

"e, monsieur."

Porthos ro, saluted his friends, and followed Mousqueton. An instant after, Bazin made his appearanbsp;at the door.

"What do you want with me, my friend?" said Aramis, with that mildness of language whibsp;was obrvable in him every time that his ideas were directed toward the Church.

"A man wishes to e Monsieur at home," replied Bazin.

"A man! What man?"

"A mendit."

"Give him alms, Bazin, and bid him pray for a poor sinner."

Porthos arrived a minute after d''Artagnan. The four friends were reunited.

The four tenanbsp;expresd four different feelings: that of Porthos, tranquillity; that of d''Artagnan, hope; that of Aramis, uneasiness; that of Athos, carelessness.

At the end of a moment''s versation, in whibsp;Porthos hinted that a lady of elevated rank had desded to relieve him from his embarrassment, Mousqueton entered. He came to request his master to return to his lodgings, where his prenbsp;was urgent, as he piteously said.

"Is it my equipment?"

"Yes and no," replied Mousqueton.

"Well, but ''t you speak?"

"e, monsieur."

Porthos ro, saluted his friends, and followed Mousqueton. An instant after, Bazin made his appearanbsp;at the door.

"What do you want with me, my friend?" said Aramis, with that mildness of language whibsp;was obrvable in him every time that his ideas were directed toward the Church.

"A man wishes to e Monsieur at home," replied Bazin.

"A man! What man?"

"A mendit."

"Give him alms, Bazin, and bid him pray for a poor sinner."

"This mendit insists upon speaking to you, and pretends that you will be very glad to e him."