It was true that this order would not be of great use to them while they were in camp at La Rochelle; that is to say, at the other end of France. Therefore d’Artagnan was going to ask leave of absence of M. de Treville, confiding to him candidly the importance of his departure, when the news was transmitted to him as well as to his three friends that the king was about to set out for Paris with an escort of twenty Musketeers, and that they formed part of the escort.
Es cierto que esta orden no les serviría de gran cosa mientras estuvieran en el campamento de La Rochelle, es decir, en la otra esquina de Francia; por eso D'Artagnan iba a pedir un permiso al señor de Tréville, confiándole buenamente la importancia de su partida, cuando le fue transmitida esta buena nueva tanto a él como a sus tres compañeros: que el rey iba a partir para Paris con una escolta de veinte mosqueteros, y que ellos formaban parte de la escolta.