"Your misfortune is laughable," said Athos, shrugging his shoulders; "I should like to know what you would say if I were to relate to you a real tale of love!"
--„Uw ongeluk is belachenswaard,” zeide Athos, de schouders ophalende; „ik zou wel willen weten, wat gij zeggen zoudt, indien ik u een zekere liefdesgeschiedenis verhaalde.”