To lose a year, two years, three years, is to talk of an eternity; to return after the death or disgrace of the cardinal, perhaps; to return when d’Artagnan and his friends, happy and triumphant, should have received from the queen the reward they had well acquired by the services they had rendered her--these were devouring ideas that a woman like Milady could not endure.
Perdre un an, deux ans, trois ans, c'est-à-dire une éternité; revenir quand d'Artagnan, heureux et triomphant, aurait, lui et ses amis, reçu de la reine la récompense qui leur était bien acquise pour les services qu'ils lui avaient rendus, c'étaient là de ces idées dévorantes qu'une femme comme Milady ne pouvait supporter.