He had been known, in the circle of the Musketeers, to win in one night three thousand pistoles; to lose them even to the gold-embroidered belt for gala days, win all this again with the addition of a hundred louis, without his beautiful eyebrow being heightened or lowered half a line, without his hands losing their pearly hue, without his conversation, which was cheerful that evening, ceasing to be calm and agreeable.
Se le había visto, en el círculo de los mosqueteros, ganar una tarde tres mil pistolas y perder hasta el cinturón brocado de oro de los días de gala; volver a ganar todo esto adernás de cien luises más, sin que su hermosa ceja negra se hubiese levantado o bajado media línea, sin que sus manos perdiesen su matiz nacarado, sin que su conversación, que era agradable aquella tarde, cesase de ser tranquila y agradable.