quasi-juvenile

Updated: May 11, 2025

And D'Artagnan looked so handsome still in quasi-juvenile strength as he pronounced these words, that Colbert, in his turn, could not help admiring him. D'Artagnan perceived the effect he had produced. He remembered that the best tradesman is he who fixes a high price upon his goods, when they are valuable. He prepared his price in advance. "So, then," said Colbert, "we go into Holland?"

Alexandre Dumas - The Man in the Iron Mask