This evening, especially, Aramis was melancholy and thoughtful. d’Artagnan asked some questions about this prolonged melancholy. Aramis pleaded as his excuse a commentary upon the eighteenth chapter of St. Augustine, which he was forced to write in Latin for the following week, and which preoccupied him a good deal.
Aquella noche, Aramis velaba, sombrío y soñador; D'Artagnan le hizo algunas preguntas sobre aquella melancolía profunda; Aramis se excusó alegando un comentario del capítulo dieciocho de San Agustín que tenía que escribir en latín para la semana siguiente, y que le preocupaba mucho.