Translations for pay a visit in French

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"Athos, then, went to pay a visit to one of his friends absent at the time," continued Treville, "to a young Bearnais, a cadet in his Majesty's Guards, the company of Monsieur Dessessart, but scarcely had he arrived at his friend's and taken up a book, while waiting his return, when a mixed crowd of bailiffs and soldiers came and laid siege to the house, broke open several doors--"	— M. Athos était donc allé rendre visite à l’un de ses amis alors absent, continua M. de Tréville, à un jeune Béarnais, cadet aux gardes de Sa Majesté, compagnie des Essarts ; mais à peine venait-il de s’installer chez son ami et de prendre un livre en l’attendant, qu’une nuée de recors et de soldats mêlés ensemble vint faire le siége de la maison, enfonça plusieurs portes…
The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas	Les Trois Mousquetaires, de Alexandre Dumas