Si son beau cheval lui eût été enlevé par l’ennemi, il n’y eût pas songé ; mais se voir trahir et voler par ce maréchal des logis qu’il aimait tant et par ces hussards qu’il regardait comme des frères ! c’est ce qui lui brisait le cœur.
If his fine horse had been taken from him by the enemy, he would have thought no more about it; but to see himself betrayed and robbed by that serjeant whom he liked so much and by those hussars whom he regarded as brothers! That was what broke his heart.