The conversation took place in English--a language which d’Artagnan could not understand; but by the accent the young man plainly saw that the beautiful Englishwoman was in a great rage. She terminated it by an action which left no doubt as to the nature of this conversation; this was a blow with her fan, applied with such force that the little feminine weapon flew into a thousand pieces.
Het gesprek werd in het Engelsch gevoerd, een taal die d’Artagnan niet verstond; maar aan den klank der stem meende de jongeling te kunnen raden, dat de schoone Engelsche in hevigen toorn was.