The cardinalists were three; the Musketeers, lackeys included, were seven. He judged that the match would be so much the less equal, if Athos and his companions were really plotting; and by one of those rapid turns which he always had at command, all his anger faded away into a smile. "Well, well!" said he, "you are brave young men, proud in daylight, faithful in darkness.
Le cardinal était, lui, troisième; les mousquetaires, y compris les laquais, étaient sept: il jugea que la partie serait d'autant moins égale, qu'Athos et ses compagnons conspiraient réellement; et, par un de ces retours rapides qu'il tenait toujours à sa disposition, toute sa colère se fondit dans un sourire.