In his projects of intrigue for the future, and determined as he was to make his three friends the instruments of his fortune, d’Artagnan was not sorry at getting into his grasp beforehand the invisible strings by which he reckoned upon moving them.
Y D'Artagnan, en sus proyectos de intriga futuros, y decidido como estaba a hacer de sus tres compañeros los instrumentos de su fortuna, D'Artagnan no estaba molesto por reunir de antemano en su mano los hilos invisibles con cuya ayuda contaba dirigirlos.