In the first place it had been made by a man quite drunk to one who was half drunk; and yet, in spite of the incertainty which the vapor of three or four bottles of Burgundy carries with it to the brain, d’Artagnan, when awaking on the following morning, had all the words of Athos as present to his memory as if they then fell from his mouth--they had been so impressed upon his mind.
Először is: aki elmondta, holtrészeg volt, aki hallgatta, az is jócskán beszeszelt, de mindezek ellenére, bárhogy elhomályosítja is az elmét két-három butélia burgundi gőze, amikor D'Artagnan másnap reggel felébredt, oly tisztán emlékezett Athos minden egyes szavára, mintha tüzes vassal égették volna elméjébe valamennyit.