Although the Musketeer was not expected before one o'clock , the procurator 's wife had been on the watch ever since midday , reckoning that the heart , or perhaps the stomach , of her lover would bring him before his time .
Хотя мушкетера ждали не раньше часа, жена прокуратора дежурила с полудня, рассчитывая, что сердце, а может быть, и желудок ее любовника опередит его.