He has not recovered the blow?" said he to Athos.
He is struck to death."
Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope. Raoul is of a tempered nature. Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope that forms a cuirass. The first bleeds, the second resists."
No," replied Athos, "Raoul will die of it."
_Mordioux!_" said D'Artagnan, in a melancholy tone. And he did not add a word to this exclamation. Then, a minute after, "Why do you let him go?"
Because he insists on going."
And why do you not go with him?"
Because I could not bear to see him die.
He is struck to death."
Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope. Raoul is of a tempered nature. Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope that forms a cuirass. The first bleeds, the second resists."
No," replied Athos, "Raoul will die of it."
_Mordioux!_" said D'Artagnan, in a melancholy tone. And he did not add a word to this exclamation. Then, a minute after, "Why do you let him go?"
Because he insists on going."
And why do you not go with him?"
Because I could not bear to see him die.
( Alexandre Dumas )
[ The Vicomte de Bragelonne ]
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