Making a sign to La Houdiniere and Cahusac to stop, he alighted from his horse, and went toward these suspected merry companions, hoping, by means of the sand which deadened the sound of his steps and of the hedge which concealed his approach, to catch some words of this conversation which appeared so interesting. At ten paces from the hedge he recognized the talkative Gascon; and as he had already perceived that these men were Musketeers, he did not doubt that the three others were those called the Inseparables; that is to say, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.
Haciendo seña a La Houdinière y a Cahusac de detenerse, descendió de su caballo y se aproximó a aquellos reidores sospechosos, esperando que con la ayuda de la arena que apagaba sus pasos, y del seto que ocultaba su marcha, podría oír algunas palabras de aquella conversación que tan interesante parecía; a diez pasos del seto solamente reconoció el parloteo gascón de D'Artagnan, y como ya sabía que aquellos hombres eran mosqueteros, no dudó que los otros tres fueran aquellos que llamaban los inseparables, es decir, Athos, Porthos y Aramis.