Part 67 (1/2)
”Yes”
”Then I will lay a wager it is with M de Beaufort”
”With M de Beaufort it is, uess correctly”
”Fro their conversation, Raoul, with his head hanging down and his heart oppressed, seated hi at the sea--looking at the heavens, and listening to the voice of his soul; he allowed the sportsnan remarked his absence
”He has not recovered the blow?” said he to Athos
”He is struck to death”
”Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope Raoul is of a tempered nature
Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope that forms a cuirass The first bleeds, the second resists”
”No,” replied Athos, ”Raoul will die of it”
”_Mordioux!_” said D'Artagnan, in a melancholy tone And he did not add a word to this exclao?”
”Because he insists on going”
”And why do you not go with him?”
”Because I could not bear to see hinan looked his friend earnestly in the face ”You know one thing,” continued the co upon the arm of the captain; ”you know that in the course of s
Well! I have an incessant gnawing, insurmountable fear that an hour will come in which I shall hold the dead body of that boy in nan; ”oh!”
”He will die, I know, I have a perfect conviction of that; but I would not see him die”
”How is this, Athos? you come and place yourself in the presence of the bravest nan, of that man without an equal, as you formerly called him, and you come and tell hi the death of your son, you who have seen all that can be seen in this world! Why have you this fear, Athos? Man upon this earth ”
”Listen toworn myself out upon this earth of which you speak, I have preserved but two religions: that of life, friendshi+p, my duty as a father--that of eternity, love, and respect for God Now, I have within me the revelation that if God should decree that h in nan!”
”Speak, speak, tell ainst the death of those I love For that only there is no reains; he who sees others die, loses No, this is it--to know that I should no more meet on earth him whom I now behold with joy; to know that there would nowhere be a D'Artagnan any ain be a Raoul, oh! I ae; I pray God to spare me in my weakness; but if he struck me so plainly and in that fashi+on, I should curse hiht not to curse his God, D'Artagnan; it is enough to once have cursed a king!”
”Hunan, a little confused by this violent terief
”Let me speak to him, Athos Who knows?”
”Try, if you please, but I am convinced you will not succeed”