"He is a coward, indeed," grumbled the host, drawing near to d’Artagnan, and endeavoring by this little flattery to make up matters with the young man, as the heron of the fable did with the snail he had despised the evening before.
Gyáva! - Gyáva bizony - dörmögte a fogadós, és D'Artagnanhoz lépett; gondolta, hízelgéssel környékezi meg szegény fiút, akár a mesében a kócsag az esti csigát.