Now, as upon this audience, in his Gascon imagination, depended his future life, he saluted Aramis and Porthos politely, declaring that he would not resume the game until he should be prepared to play with them on more equal terms, and went and took his place near the cord and in the gallery.
Y como, según su imaginación gascona, de aquella audiencia dependía todo su porvenir, saludó cortésmente a Porthos y Aramis, declarando que no proseguirla la partida sino cuando estuviera en situación de hacerles frente, y se volvió para situarse junto a la soga y en la galería.