D’Artagnan was astounded by the terrible confidence of Athos; yet many things appeared very obscure to him in this half revelation. In the first place it had been made by a man quite drunk to one who was half drunk; and yet, in spite of the incertainty which the vapor of three or four bottles of Burgundy carries with it to the brain, d’Artagnan, when awaking on the following morning, had all the words of Athos as present to his memory as if they then fell from his mouth--they had been so impressed upon his mind.
El regreso D'Artagnan había quedado aturdido por la horrible confesión de Athos; sin embargo, muchas de las cosas parecían oscuras en aquella semirrevelación; en primer lugar, había sido hecha por un hombre completamente ebrio a un hombre que lo estaba a medias, y no obstante, pese a esa ola que hace subir al cerebro el vaho de dos o tres botellas de borgoña, D'Artagnan, al despertarse al día siguiente, tenía cada palabra de Athos tan presente en su espíritu como si a medida que habían caído de su boca se hubieran impreso en su espíritu.