“Ah, if poor Mousqueton were here he could tell you to a fraction.”
“No matter; you can tell within ten crowns.”
“Why, Vulcan and Bayard cost me each about two hundred pistoles, and putting Phoebus at a hundred and fifty, we should be pretty near the amount.”
“There will remain, then, four hundred and fifty pistoles,” said D’Artagnan, contentedly.
“Yes,” said Porthos, “but there are the equipments.”
“That is very true. Well, how much for the equipments?”
“If we say one hundred pistoles for the three——”
“Good for the hundred pistoles; there remains, then, three hundred and fifty.”
Porthos made a sign of assent.
“We will give the fifty pistoles to the hostess for our expenses,” said D’Artagnan, “and share the three hundred.”