Ten Years Later: The Man in The Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Chapter 5 Page 8

he with his soft voice, ‘Monsieur,’ said he, ‘that your dress may fit you well, it must be made according to your figure. Your figure is exactly reflected in this mirror. We shall take the measure of this reflection.’“

“In fact,” said D’Artagnan, “you saw yourself in the glass; but where did they find one in which you could see your whole figure?”

“My good friend, it is the very glass in which the king is used to look to see himself.”

“Yes; but the king is a foot and a half shorter than you are.”

“Ah!

well, I know not how that may be; it is, no doubt, a cunning way of flattering the king; but the looking-glass was too large for me.