“ The respect you pretend to have is more insulting than the insult itself. ”
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte of Bragelonne (1847). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
|---|---|
| Source | The Vicomte of Bragelonne |
| Topic | respect pretending |
| Date | 1847 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2710/pg2710-images.html |
Context
“And he turned away with hasty steps.
He had scarcely gone half a dozen paces when Madame darted like a tigress after him, seized him by the cuff, and making him turn round again, said, trembling with passion as she did so, “The respect you pretend to have is more insulting than the insult itself. Insult me, if you please, but at least speak.”
“Madame,” said the comte, gently, as he drew his sword, “thrust this blade into my heart, rather than kill me by degrees.”
At the look he fixed upon her,—a look full of love, resolution, and despair, even,—she knew how readily the comte, so outwardly calm in appearance, would pass his sword through his own breast if she added another word.”
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