"He has not recovered the blow?" said he to Athos. He is struck to death." Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope. Raoul is of a tempered nature. Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope that forms a cuirass. The first bleeds, the second resists." No," replied Athos, "Raoul will die of it." _Mordioux!_" said D'Artagnan, in a melancholy tone. And he did not add a word to this exclamation. Then, a minute after, "Why do you let him go?" Because he insists on going." And why do you not go with him?" Because I could not bear to see him die."