"This means, sire," replied the cardinal, "that I was desirous of presenting her Majesty with these two studs, and that not daring to offer them myself, I adopted this means of inducing her to accept them."
--„Het beteekent, Sire!” antwoordde de kardinaal, „dat ik die beide diamanten haken Hare Majesteit wenschte te doen aannemen; doch ze in persoon niet durvende te geven, heb ik dit middel te baat genomen.”