"Oh, that’s very well, young man," continued M. de Treville, "that’s all very well. I know these airs; I myself came to Paris with four crowns in my purse, and would have fought with anyone who dared to tell me I was not in a condition to purchase the Louvre."
--„Goed, jonkman! zeer goed,” hernam de Tréville, „wij kennen die manieren; ik kwam te _Parijs_ met vier kronen in den zak, en ik zou geduelleerd hebben met ieder, die mij had durven zeggen, dat ik niet in staat was het Louvre te koopen.”