D’Artagnan would have remonstrated at this; but Athos put his hand upon his shoulder, with a smile, and d’Artagnan understood that it was all very well for such a little Gascon gentleman as himself to drive a bargain, but not for a man who had the bearing of a prince.
D'Artagnan persze közbe-közbeszólt, ám Athos mosolyogva a vállára tette a kezét, D'Artagnan pedig megértette, hogyha ő, a gascogne-i kurtanemes alkudozhat is, ez sehogy sem illik olyan férfihoz, akiben mindenütt nagyurat sejtenek.