But alas, if he was the friend of d’Artagnan, he must have lent him his assistance in all the proceedings by whose aid the queen had defeated the project of his Eminence; if he was the friend of d’Artagnan, he was the enemy of the cardinal; and she doubtless would succeed in involving him in the vengeance by which she hoped to destroy the young Musketeer.
Ám ha D'Artagnan barátja, akkor nyilván kivette a részét minden mesterkedésből, melynek révén a királyné keresztülhúzta Őeminenciája terveit; ha D'Artagnan barátja, akkor a bíboros ellensége, s ha ez így van, akkor ő, milady, egyszerre veti mindkettőjük nyakába a hurkot, egyszerre áll bosszút rajta is, az ifjú testőrön is.