TheMusketeercouldnotforgettheevilreportswhichthenprevailed, andwhichindeedhavesurvivedthem, oftheprocuratorsoftheperiod—meanness, stinginess, fasts; butas, afterall, exceptingsomefewactsofeconomywhichPorthoshadalwaysfoundveryunseasonable, theprocurator'swifehadbeentolerablyliberal—thatis, beitunderstood, foraprocurator'swife—hehopedtoseeahouseholdofahighlycomfortablekind.
Andyet, —anill-smelling, darkpassage, astaircasehalf-lightedbybarsthroughwhichstoleaglimmerfromaneighboringyard; onthefirstflooralowdoorstuddedwithenormousnails, liketheprincipalgateoftheGrandChatelet.
, paleclerk, hisfaceshadedbyaforestofvirginhair, openedthedoor, andbowedwiththeairofamanforcedatoncetorespectinanotherloftystature, whichindicatedstrength, themilitarydress, whichindicatedrank, andaruddycountenance, whichindicatedfamiliaritywithgoodliving.
Ashorterclerkcamebehindthefirst, atallerclerkbehindthesecond, , threeclerksandahalf, which, forthetime, arguedaveryextensiveclientage.
AlthoughtheMusketeerwasnotexpectedbeforeoneo'clock, theprocurator'swifehadbeenonthewatcheversincemidday, reckoningthattheheart, orperhapsthestomach, ofherloverwouldbringhimbeforehistime.
, , andhe, notknowingwellwhattosaytothisascendinganddescendingscale, remainedtongue-tied.
"Itismycousin!" criedtheprocurator'swife."Comein, comein, MonsieurPorthos!"
ThenameofPorthosproduceditseffectupontheclerks, whobegantolaugh; butPorthosturnedsharplyround, andeverycountenancequicklyrecovereditsgravity.
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