The king trembled with joy and the cardinal with vexation; although, distant as they were from the queen, they could not count the studs. The queen had them. The only question was, had she ten or twelve?
De koning trilde van blijdschap en de kardinaal van toorn; echter op den afstand, dien zij van de koningin verwijderd waren, konden zij de diamanten niet tellen; de koningin bezat ze; maar had zij er tien of twaalf?