"It looks like it," answered D'Artagnan.
"No," said Porthos, "for two or three are limping off."
Athos looked at his watch.
"Gentlemen," he said, "an hour has elapsed since we came here, and we have won our bet." ...
"What is going on in the town?" asked Athos.
"It is a call to arms."
They listened, and the sound of a drum reached their ears.
"They must be sending us an entire regiment," said Athos.
"You don't mean to fight a whole regiment?" said Porthos.
"Why not?" asked the musketeer. "If we had only had the sense to bring another dozen bottles, I could make head against an army!"