Don Quixote took windmills for giants, and sheep for armies; d’Artagnan took every smile for an insult, and every look as a provocation--whence it resulted that from Tarbes to Meung his fist was constantly doubled, or his hand on the hilt of his sword; and yet the fist did not descend upon any jaw, nor did the sword issue from its scabbard.
Il en résulta qu'il eut toujours le poing fermé depuis Tarbes jusqu'à Meung, et que l'un dans l'autre il porta la main au pommeau de son épée dix fois par jour; toutefois le poing ne descendit sur aucune mâchoire, et l'épée ne sortit point de son fourreau.