M. Bonacieux, who was ignorant that d’Artagnan had overheard his conversation with the stranger of Meung, related to his young tenant the persecutions of that monster, M. de Laffemas, whom he never ceased to designate, during his account, by the title of the "cardinal’s executioner," and expatiated at great length upon the Bastille, the bolts, the wickets, the dungeons, the gratings, the instruments of torture.
El señor Bonacieux, que ignoraba que D'Artagnan había oído su conversación con el desconocido de Meung, contó a su joven inquilino las persecuciones de aquel monstruo del señor de Laffemas, a quien no cesó de calificar durante todo su relato de verdugo del cardenal, y se extendió largamente sobre la Bastilla, los cerrojos, los postigos, los tragaluces, las rejas y los instrumentos de tortura.