Ten Years Later: Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas Chapter 50 Page 6

“It is over. I have had enough happiness to last me to my dying day, Raoul.”

“I have no doubt you have had; but she — ”

“Listen; I love her, because — but you are not listening to me.”

“I beg your pardon.”

“Your mind is preoccupied.”

“Yes, your health, in the first place — ”

“It is not that, I know.”

“My dear friend, you would be wrong.

I think, to ask me any questions — you of all persons in the world;” and he laid so much weight upon the “you,” that