parbleau

Updated: May 23, 2025

One doesn't hit the bull's-eye every time; it is something to hit inside the ring. Ho! parbleau! what is the matter with my horse?" "Your horse is falling," said Porthos, reining in his own. In truth, the lieutenant's horse stumbled and fell on his knees; then a rattling in his throat was heard and he lay down to die. He had received in the chest the bullet of D'Artagnan's first adversary.

Alexandre Dumas - Twenty Years After

I only know that he did not pay, that's all. 'Parbleau! Anarchists never pay 'I did not need to pay. I never bought chlorate of potash in the Rue Montorgueil, cried the man; but the Judge exclaimed, louder still, 'Yes, it is your audacious habit of lying, but I will sift this matter to the bottom; sift it, do you understand.

- International Short Stories: French