One of them took his gun by the barrel, and used it as he would a club. He aimed a terrible blow at d’Artagnan, who avoided it by springing to one side; but by this movement he left a passage free to the bandit, who darted off toward the bastion.
L'un d'eux prit son fusil par le canon, et s'en servit comme d'une massue: il en porta un coup terrible à d'Artagnan, qui l'évita en se jetant de côté, mais par ce mouvement il livra passage au bandit, qui s'élança aussitôt vers le bastion.