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Quotation from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas
“You have ruined me,” whispered Fouquet, in a low tone, to Aramis. “I have saved you,” replied the latter”
Ten Years Later, Chapter XLVI, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
Fouquet has just accepted Colbert's challenge to entertain the king at Vaux; Aramis sees the cost as the price of survival.
Citation: "You have ruined me,” whispered Fouquet, in a low tone, to Aramis. “I have saved you,” replied the latter" — Alexandre Dumas, Ten Years Later, Chapter XLVI, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id dumas-ten-years-later-q6)
