Ah! stupid wretch that I am!" continued D'Artagnan, "I want thirty horses.

That is ruinous.

Where the devil was my head when I forgot the horses?
We cannot, however, think of striking such a blow without horses.

Well, so be it, that sacrifice must be made; we can get the horses in the country--they are not bad, besides.

But I forgot--_peste!_ Three bands--that necessitates three leaders; there is the difficulty.