But when the time came to pay for his rosemary, this oil, and the wine, the only expense the master had incurred, as he had preserved a strict abstinence--while on the contrary, the yellow horse, by the account of the hostler at least, had eaten three times as much as a horse of his size could reasonably supposed to have done--d’Artagnan found nothing in his pocket but his little old velvet purse with the eleven crowns it contained; for as to the letter addressed to M. de Treville, it had disappeared.
Azután fizetett: mivel ő maga teljes diétát tartott, a rozmaringon, az olajon és a boron kívül nem is volt semmi fizetnivalója; ám lova, a sárga, háromszor annyit abrakolt mint amennyire józan számítás szerint állapota miatt szüksége volt - legalábbis ezt erősítgette a fogadós. D'Artagnan tehát a zsebébe nyúlt, ott azonban csupán kopott bársonyerszénykéjét találta meg benne a tizenegy tallért - a Tréville úrhoz szóló levélnek hűlt helye volt.