He resolved, then, to defend the door bravely; and as, betrayed by the mistress of the inn, he could not say that Aramis was absent, he endeavored to prove to the newcomer that it would be the height of indiscretion to disturb his master in his pious conference, which had commenced with the morning and would not, as Bazin said, terminate before night.
Resolvió, pues, defender bravamente la puerta; y como, traicionado por la dueña del albergue, no podía decir que Aramis estaba ausente, trato de probar al recién llegado que sería el colmo de la indiscreción molestar a su amo durante la piadosa conferencia que había entablado desde la mañana y que, a decir de Bazin, no podía terminar antes de la noche.