The king trembled with joy and the cardinal with vexation; although, distant as they were from the queen, they could not count the studs. The queen had them. The only question was, had she ten or twelve?
El rey se estremecía de alegría y el cardenal de cólera; sin embargo, distantes como estaban de la reina, no podían contar los herretes; la reina los tenía, sólo que, ¿tenía diez o tenía doce?