"I," said Aramis, in his most flutelike tone, "I had made up my mind. If he had insisted upon the letter being given up to him, I would have presented the letter to him with one hand, and with the other I would have run my sword through his body."
-- Moi, dit Aramis de sa voix la plus flûtée, j'étais décidé: s'il avait exigé que la lettre lui fût remise, je lui présentais la lettre d'une main, et de l'autre je lui passais mon épée au travers du corps.