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Quotation from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
“It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done.”
The Three Musketeers, Chapter XLV, A Conjugal Scene, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
The blank pardon Richelieu gave Milady, which Athos takes from her at pistol-point and which later saves d'Artagnan.
Citation: "It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done." — Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, Chapter XLV, A Conjugal Scene, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id the-three-musketeers-q5)
Portrait: Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870), Nadar, Public domain.
