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.
Con el cardenal eran tres; los mosqueteros, comprendidos los lacayos, eran siete; juzgó que la pamida sería muy desigual, que Athos y sus compañeros conspiraban realmente; y mediante uno de esos giros rápidos que siempre tenía a su disposición, toda su cólera se fundió en una sonrisa.