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Quotation from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas
“but why desire that which can never, by any possibility, be ours”
Ten Years Later, Chapter LXV, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
Louise's words about the lottery bracelets, overheard by the king, who then gives them to her before the court.
Citation: "but why desire that which can never, by any possibility, be ours" — Alexandre Dumas, Ten Years Later, Chapter LXV, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id dumas-ten-years-later-q8)
