tent-cord

Updated: August 1, 2026

I am a rascal and in my dotage; I am an unhappy wretch grown old; a tent-cord untwisted, a pierced cuirass, a boot without a sole, a spur without a rowel; but do me the pleasure to add one thing." "What is that, my dear Monsieur d'Artagnan?" "Simply say: 'Mazarin was a pitiful wretch." "Perhaps he is dead."

Alexandre Dumas - The Vicomte De Bragelonne

I am a rascal and in my dotage; I am an unhappy wretch grown old; a tent-cord untwisted, a pierced cuirass, a boot without a sole, a spur without a rowel; but do me the pleasure to add one thing." "What is that, my dear Monsieur d'Artagnan?" "Simply say: 'Mazarin was a pitiful wretch." "Perhaps he is dead."

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later