But when Athos reappears, he carries two glasses. Aramis will be cross if he discovers it, but for all his airs, the man is not even a real physician. Surely, they would all be healthier in spirit and body if Porthos spent much of his convalescence in a daze of alcohol.

Finding Porthos still all akimbo, Athos sets down the wine and offers the man his hand for support, so that he might pull himself to rights. “He has been reading foolish things on the mixing of drink and opiates, or so I gather."