"Now," continued Aramis, "as the ladies did not see the singer come back, and as he was found in the Rue Payenne with a great sword wound through his body, it was supposed that I had accommodated him thus; and the matter created some scandal which obliged me to renounce the cassock for a time.
-- Or, continua Aramis, comme les dames ne virent pas revenir leur chanteur, et qu'on le trouva rue Payenne avec un grand coup d'épée au travers du corps, on pensa que c'était moi qui l'avait accommodé ainsi, et la chose fit scandale. Je fus donc pour quelque temps forcé de renoncer à la soutane.