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Updated: July 20, 2025

And having kissed Madame de Mouchy's hand he led her to the door; then, returning to Bathilde: "Mademoiselle," said he, "what I am about to do for you compromises the reputation and honor of a princess of the blood, but the gravity of the occasion demands some sacrifice. "Monsieur, I swear it by all I hold most sacred in the world by my mother's memory."

Alexandre Dumas - The Conspirators: The Chevalier d'Harmental