"He is a coward, indeed," grumbled the host, drawing near to d’Artagnan, and endeavoring by this little flattery to make up matters with the young man, as the heron of the fable did with the snail he had despised the evening before.
--„Hij is inderdaad zeer lafhartig,” mompelde de kastelein, d’Artagnan naderende, en door deze vleitaal zich met den armen jongeling trachtende te verzoenen, zooals de reiger uit de fabel met de slak.