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Quotation from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
“He put one hand on his heart to still its beating and the other over his eyes, that he might not witness the slaying of his faithful friends”
Twenty Years After, Chapter LXIII (The Trial), trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
At Westminster Hall, Athos cries out against the court in the king's defence and the four Frenchmen escape into the crowd; Charles, recognizing them, fears he is about to watch them killed for his sake.
Citation: "He put one hand on his heart to still its beating and the other over his eyes, that he might not witness the slaying of his faithful friends" — Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After, Chapter LXIII (The Trial), trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id dumas-twenty-years-after-q2)
