"Now," continued Aramis, taking the same graceful position in his easy chair that he would have assumed in bed, and complacently examining his hand, which was as white and plump as that of a woman, and which he held in the air to cause the blood to descend, "now, as you have heard, d’Artagnan, Monsieur the Principal is desirous that my thesis should be dogmatic, while I, for my part, would rather it should be ideal.
Ahora bien continuó Aramis tomando en su butaca la misma pose graciosa que hubiera tornado de estar en una callejuela, y examinando con complaciencia su mano Blanca y regordeta como mano de mujer, que tenía en el aire para hacer bajar la sangre ; ahora bien, como habéis oído, D'Artagnan, el señor principal quisiera que mi tesis fuera dogmática, mientras que yo querría que fuese ideal.