Now, we must have badly painted the character of our adventure seeker, or our readers must have already perceived that d’Artagnan was not an ordinary man; therefore, while repeating to himself that his death was inevitable, he did not make up his mind to die quietly, as one less courageous and less restrained might have done in his place.
--Ten overvloede (of wij zouden het karakter van onzen fortuinzoeker slecht moeten geschetst hebben) heeft onze lezer reeds moeten bemerken, dat d’Artagnan niet onder de gewone soort van menschen behoorde.