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Quotation from The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
“Formerly he said, “Mordioux!” which was a prick of the spur, but now he had become older, and he murmured that philosophical “Bah!” which served as a bridle to all the passions”
The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Chapter XVII, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
Dumas marks the change in d'Artagnan since youth: the oath that drove him on has become a shrug that restrains him.
Citation: "Formerly he said, “Mordioux!” which was a prick of the spur, but now he had become older, and he murmured that philosophical “Bah!” which served as a bridle to all the passions" — Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Chapter XVII, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id dumas-vicomte-de-bragelonne-q3)
