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Quotation from The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
“M. d’Artagnan will conduct the prisoner to the Ile Sainte-Marguerite. He will cover his face with an iron vizor, which the prisoner shall never raise except at peril of his life.”
The Man in the Iron Mask, Chapter XXIV, The False King, trans. Anonymous translation
The king's hastily written order, which d'Artagnan crushes in his hand in anger and Philippe accepts with resignation.
Citation: "M. d’Artagnan will conduct the prisoner to the Ile Sainte-Marguerite. He will cover his face with an iron vizor, which the prisoner shall never raise except at peril of his life." — Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask, Chapter XXIV, The False King, trans. Anonymous translation. (id the-man-in-the-iron-mask-q4)
Portrait: Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870), Nadar, Public domain.
