D’Artagnan and his companions remembered their audience, and as they would very much have regretted that such an opportunity should be lost, they succeeded in calming their friends, who contented themselves with hurling some paving stones against the gates; but the gates were too strong.
La proposition en avait été faite et accueillie avec enthousiasme, lorsque heureusement onze heures sonnèrent; d'Artagnan et ses compagnons se souvinrent de leur audience, et comme ils eussent regretté que l'on fît un si beau coup sans eux, ils parvinrent à calmer les têtes.