“ so much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts ”
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1845). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
|---|---|
| Source | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Topic | drinking wine revelation |
| Date | 1845 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/1184-h/1184-h.htm |
Context
“«You were saying, sir——» said Fernand, awaiting with great anxiety the end of this interrupted remark.
«What was I saying? I forget. This drunken Caderousse has made me lose the thread of my sentence.»
«Drunk, if you like; so much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts;» and Caderousse began to sing the two last lines of a song very popular at the time: 'Tous les méchants sont buveurs d'eau; C'est bien prouvé par le déluge.' 1
«You said, sir, you would like to help me, but——» «Yes; but I added, to help you it would be sufficient that Dantès did not marry her you love; and the marriage may easily be thwarted, methinks, and yet Dantès need not die.»” source
«What was I saying? I forget. This drunken Caderousse has made me lose the thread of my sentence.»
«Drunk, if you like; so much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts;» and Caderousse began to sing the two last lines of a song very popular at the time: 'Tous les méchants sont buveurs d'eau; C'est bien prouvé par le déluge.' 1
«You said, sir, you would like to help me, but——» «Yes; but I added, to help you it would be sufficient that Dantès did not marry her you love; and the marriage may easily be thwarted, methinks, and yet Dantès need not die.»” source
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