During the five or six years that he had lived in the strictest intimacy with his companions, Porthos and Aramis, they could remember having often seen him smile, but had never heard him laugh.
Sedert vijf of zes jaren, dat hij met zijn wapenbroeders, Porthos en Aramis, in de grootste vriendschap had verkeerd, herinnerden zich dezen, hem wel te hebben zien glimlachen, maar nooit hem te hebben hooren lachen.