"If you are in haste, monsieur," said d''Artagnan, with the same simplicity with whibsp;a moment before he had propod to him to put off the duel for three days, "and if it be your will to dispatbsp;me at onbsp;do not invenienbsp;yourlf, I pray you."
"There is another word whibsp;pleas me," cried Athos, with a gracious nod to d''Artagnan. "That did not e from a man without a heart. Monsieur, I love men of your kidney; and I foree plainly that if we don''t kill eabsp;other, I shall hereafter have mubsp;pleasure in your versation. We will wait for the gentlemen, so plea you; I have plenty of time, and it will be more correbsp;Ah, here is one of them, I believe."
In fabsp;at the end of the Rue Vaugirard the gigantibsp;Porthos appeared.
"What!" cried d''Artagnan, "is your first witness Monsieur Porthos?"
"Yes, that disturbs you?"
"By no means."
"And here is the d."
D''Artagnan turned in the dire pointed to by Athos, and perceived Aramis.
"What!" cried he, in an at of greater astonishment than before, "your d witness is Monsieur Aramis?"
"Doubtless! Are you not aware that we are never en one without the others, and that we are called among the Musketeers and the Guards, at court and in the city, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or the Three Inparables? And yet, as you e from Dax or Pau--"
"From Tarbes," said d''Artagnan.
"It is probable you are ignorant of this little fact," said Athos.
"My faith!" replied d''Artagnan, "you are well named, gentlemen; and my adventure, if it should make any noi, will prove at least that your union is not founded upon trasts."
In the meantime, Porthos had e up, waved his hand to Athos, and then turning toward d''Artagnan, stood quite astonished.
Let us say in passing that he had ged his baldribsp;and relinquished his cloak.
"Ah, ah!" said he, "what does this mean?"
"This is the gentleman I am going to fight with," said Athos, pointing to d''Artagnan with his hand and saluting him with the same gesture.
"Why, it is with him I am also going to fight," said Porthos.
"But not before one o''clock," replied d''Artagnan.