His eyes therefore were fixed in a sort of agony upon the door through which the king must enter.
Louis XIII appeared, walking fast.

He was in hunting costume covered with dust, wearing large boots, and holding a whip in his hand.

At the first glance, d'Artagnan judged that the mind of the king was stormy.
This disposition, visible as it was in his Majesty, did not prevent the courtiers from ranging themselves along his pathway.

In royal antechambers it is worth more to be viewed with an angry eye than not to be seen at all.

The three Musketeers therefore did not hesitate to make a step forward.