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Quotation from The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
“the absence of my son, doctor; that is my malady, and I do not conceal it.”
The Man in the Iron Mask, Chapter LVI, The Old Age of Athos, trans. Anonymous translation
Athos answers the Blois physician who has diagnosed fever and decay and accuses him of hiding a grief.
Citation: "the absence of my son, doctor; that is my malady, and I do not conceal it." — Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask, Chapter LVI, The Old Age of Athos, trans. Anonymous translation. (id the-man-in-the-iron-mask-q7)
Portrait: Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870), Nadar, Public domain.
