I repeat it, there are no dangers, only obstacles; a word, indeed, which I find in all languages, but have always ill-understood, and, were I king, would have obliterated as useless and absurd." "Yes, indeed, monsieur; there is a very serious obstacle, an insurmountable danger, which you are forgetting." "Ah!" said Aramis.
"There is conscience, which cries aloud; remorse, that never dies." "True, true," said the bishop; "there is a weakness of heart of which you remind me.

You are right, too, for that, indeed, is an immense obstacle.

The horse afraid of the ditch, leaps into the middle of it, and is killed! The man who trembling crosses his sword with that of another leaves loopholes whereby his enemy has him in his power." "Have you a brother ?" said the young man to Aramis.
"I am alone in the world," said the latter, with a hard, dry voice.
"But, surely, there is some one in the world whom you love ?" added Philippe.
"No one!--Yes, I love you." The young man sank into so profound a silence, that the mere sound of his respiration seemed like a roaring tumult for Aramis.

"Monseigneur," he resumed, "I have not said all I had to say to your royal highness; I have not offered you all the salutary counsels and useful resources which I have at my disposal.

It is useless to flash bright visions before the eyes of one who seeks and loves darkness: useless, too, is it to let the magnificence of the cannon's roar make itself heard in the ears of one who loves repose and the quiet of the country.