Duty likewise on its part took a portion of that precious time which was gliding away so rapidly--only they had agreed to meet once a week, about one o’clock, at the residence of Athos, seeing that he, in agreement with the vow he had formed, did not pass over the threshold of his door.
Le service, de son côté, prenait aussi sa part de ce temps précieux, qui s'écoulait si vite. Seulement on était convenu de se trouver une fois la semaine, vers une heure, au logis d'Athos, attendu que ce dernier, selon le serment qu'il avait fait, ne passait plus le seuil de sa porte.