Chvabrine was a better swordsman than I was, but I was stronger and bolder, and M. Beaupré, who had, among other things, been a soldier, had given me some lessons in fencing, by which I had profited.
Monsieur Beauprék, garai batean soldadu izan baitzen, esgrima-eskola batzuk eman zizkidan, eta ederki baliatu zitzaizkidan abagune hartan.