Thus M. de Treville was praised to the highest note by these men, who adored him, and who, ruffians as they were, trembled before him like scholars before their master, obedient to his least word, and ready to sacrifice themselves to wash out the smallest insult.
Por eso el señor de Tréville era alabado en todos los tonos, cantado en todas las gamas por aquellos hombres que le adoraban y que, bandidos todos como eran, temblaban ante él como escolares ante su maestro, obedeciendo a la menor palabra y prestos a hacerse matar para lavar el menor reproche.