Porthos, as we have seen, had a character exactly opposite to that of Athos. He not only talked much, but he talked loudly, little caring, we must render him that justice, whether anybody listened to him or not. He talked for the pleasure of talking and for the pleasure of hearing himself talk. He spoke upon all subjects except the sciences, alleging in this respect the inveterate hatred he had borne to scholars from his childhood.
Porthos, comme on a pu le voir, avait un caractère tout opposé à celui d'Athos: non seulement il parlait beaucoup, mais il parlait haut; peu lui importait au reste, il faut lui rendre cette justice, qu'on l'écoutât ou non; il parlait pour le plaisir de parler et pour le plaisir de s'entendre; il parlait de toutes choses excepté de sciences, excipant à cet endroit de la haine invétérée que depuis son enfance il portait, disait-il, aux savants.