Say to her: 'Peace or war! My word as a gentleman never to say anything of you, never to do anything against you; on your side, a solemn oath to remain neutral with respect to me.

If not, I will apply to the chancellor, I will apply to the king, I will apply to the hangman, I will move the courts against you, I will denounce you as branded, I will bring you to trial; and if you are acquitted, well, by the faith of a gentleman, I will kill you at the corner of some wall, as I would a mad dog.'" "I like the means well enough," said d'Artagnan, "but where and how to meet with her ?" "Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man.

The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait." "Yes; but to wait surrounded by assassins and poisoners." "Bah!" said Athos.

"God has preserved us hitherto, God will preserve us still." "Yes, we.

Besides, we are men; and everything considered, it is our lot to risk our lives; but she," asked he, in an undertone.
"What she ?" asked Athos.
"Constance." "Madame Bonacieux! Ah, that's true!" said Athos.