âIt is he!â cried dâArtagnan and the citizen at the same time, each having recognized his man.
âAh, this time,â cried dâArtagnan, springing to his sword, âthis time he will not escape me!â
Drawing his sword from its scabbard, he rushed out of the apartment. On the staircase he met Athos and Porthos, who were coming to see him. They separated, and dâArtagnan rushed between them like a dart.
âPah! Where are you going?â cried the two musketeers in a breath.
âThe man of Meung!â replied dâArtagnan, and disappeared.
DâArtagnan had more than once related to his friends his adventure with the stranger, as well as the apparition of the beautiful foreigner, to whom this man had confided some important missive.