So saying, he pulled out his own handkerchief, likewise a very elegant handkerchief, and of fine cambric--though cambric was dear at the period--but a handkerchief without embroidery and without arms, only ornamented with a single cipher, that of its proprietor.
À ces mots, il tira son propre mouchoir, mouchoir fort élégant aussi, et de fine batiste, quoique la batiste fût chère à cette époque, mais mouchoir sans broderie, sans armes et orné d'un seul chiffre, celui de son propriétaire.