And having put three or four double pistoles into his pocket to answer the needs of the moment, he placed the others in the ebony box, inlaid with mother of pearl, in which was the famous handkerchief which served him as a talisman.
En na drie of vier dubbele pistolen in zijn zak te hebben gestoken, om in de dadelijke behoeften te voorzien, sloot hij de overige in het met paarlemoer ingelegde ebbenhouten kistje, waarin reeds de bewuste zakdoek lag, die hem tot talisman had gediend.