The same day the young man set forward on his journey, furnished with the three paternal gifts, which consisted, as we have said, of fifteen crowns, the horse, and the letter for M. de Treville--the counsels being thrown into the bargain.
Con semejante vademécum, D'Artagnan se encontró, moral y físicamente, copia exacta del héroe de Cervantes, con quien tan felizmente le hemos comparado cuando nuestros deberes de historiador nos han obligado a trazar su retrato.