During the five or six years that he had lived in the strictest intimacy with his companions, Porthos and Aramis, they could remember having often seen him smile, but had never heard him laugh.
Depuis cinq ou six ans qu'il vivait dans la plus profonde intimité avec ses compagnons Porthos et Aramis, ceux-ci se rappelaient l'avoir vu sourire souvent, mais jamais ils ne l'avaient entendu rire.