M.de Chabrillane had just left him, and he confessed himself deeply grieved and deeply perplexed.
"The pity of it!" he said.

"The pity of it!" He bowed his enormous head.
"So estimable a young man, and so full of promise.

Ah, this La Tour d'Azyr is a hard man, and he feels very strongly in these matters.
He may be right.

I don't know.

I have never killed a man for holding different views from mine.