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One Pass for One Person
Sea Captain
But this pass is only for one person.
D'artagnan
I am only one person. This is a servant!
[Indicating Planchet]
Sea Captain
I see. All right.
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Unity in Purpose and Action
Taglines
All for one, and one for all!
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A Day's Work for D'Artagnan
D'Artagnan
A gallop, a skirmish, a thrust or two, what would you? It's a day's work!
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Unity in Enjoyment and Adventure
Taglines
One for all and all for fun!
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Confrontation Between Musketeers and Authority
Jussac
Ah! Musketeers! Dueling in defiance of the Edicts!
Athos
This is a private matter, sir, will you please be on your way?
Jussac
We have a duty to suppress disorder and arrest brawlers: put up your swords and come along with us, eh?
Athos
Impossible!
Porthos
Unthinkable!
Aramis
Unlikely...
Jussac
Then, we must charge you!
Aramis
There are six of them, and we are only three!
D'artagnan
No, four!
[impulsively]
Porthos
You're not one of us!
Athos
This is not your affair, boy.
D'artagnan
I may not have the tunic, but I have the heart of a Musketeer!
Jussac
Young man, you may retire -- save your skin, and quickly!
Aramis
What's your name, young man?
D'artagnan
D'artagnan.
Aramis
Very well. Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'artagnan -- Forward!
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A Clash of Authority and Consequences
Richelieu
If I had blundered as you do, my head would fall.
Rochefort
I would say, from a greater height than mine, Your Eminence.
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Tensions Rise at a Social Gathering
Rochefort
If you were a gentleman, I would speak to you. I was speaking at you.
[to d'Artagnan]
Buckingham
If anyone should try to follow us, would you be so good as to kill him? Thank you.
M. Bonancieux
Well, I don't want to be sent to the Bastille, me, because it's got very deep dungeons and terrible instruments of torture, operated by very unsympathetic men! And they snip very important parts off people!
Partygoer
Keep going, Reggie, it's filling up!
[Of the wine fountain at the King's soirée]
Cardinal's Guard
He's torn our carpet!
[D'Artagnan has just torn a carpet in an attempt to trip the guards]
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A Cold Response to a Golden Inquiry
Porthos
It's gold belting all the way round!
[Of his new golden baldric]
Aramis
Astonishing! There is enough gold in France to stretch all that distance?
Musketeer
May I lift the costly cloak to admire the belt more?
Porthos
No, no, sir, your pardon, sir -- I have a cold.
[hastily]
Aramis
Discretion being the better part of vanity!
Porthos
I don't understand! I know the one about valor, but I don't agree. I can't agree to be discreet about how valiant I am. Shouldn't be asked.
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Accusations and Confusion Among Characters
Richelieu
Do you know your accuser? Who brought you here?
M. Bonacieux
That! That is the man!
[pointing at Rochefort]
Richelieu
Take him away!
M. Bonacieux
That is not the man! It was another man altogether!!!
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A Dispute Over a Damaged Bonnet
Porthos
God's blood!! Look at that! Best Flemish bonnet! Ruined by you and your, your street-corner ruffians! By God, you'll pay for it! Ten pistoles it cost me! : No— twenty! Twenty pistoles! And twenty more, as a fine to teach you manners! Hah! Jussac!
[Rifles the purse of a fallen Guardsman; Reconsiders on seeing the contents of the purse]
Jussac
Thief!
Porthos
What!
Aramis
There, there! Charity is one of the cardinal virtues!
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A Game of Strategy and Grace
Milady
Your Eminence is a great player -- great enough to lose. I do not like to lose.
Richelieu
You must suit yourself, Milady. But if, at the end, you should -- do it with a becoming grace.
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Determining Value and Time for Creation
Buckingham
O'Reilly -- put a price on these: each one, their worth.
[showing the diamond studs]
O'Reilly
Oh, umm...not English. Not English, no. I'd say...ah...five hundred pounds.
Buckingham
How long to make two of them?
O'Reilly
Oh, ah, um, oooh...a week?
Buckingham
I'll pay you five thousand pounds each if they're finished the day after tomorrow!
O'Reilly
Done!
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Warning About a Dangerous Adversary
Athos
Let me tell you something about this...inconvenient gentleman of yours. His name is Rochefort. He's the Cardinal's living blade, and he is deadly. And, as for this Rochefort, if you see him walking on the other side of the road one day, don't bother to cross it, that's all.
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A Beggar's Plea for Compassion and Change
Beggar
Money for a blind man...mo --oof! Watch where you're goin', darlin'...all right, dear. Money for a cripple...money for a cripple...money for a cripple... Money for a cripple? Money for a cripple??
[Constance has blundered into him; D'artangan passes by; D'artagnan is gone and Planchet follows]
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Life's Purpose in Unquestioned Duty
Porthos
May one ask -- delicately -- the cause in which we're expected to die?
[On riding with D'artagnan to recover the Queen's diamonds]
Aramis
When you go on a campaign, does the King give his reasons? He says, "Porthos, fight!" and you fight.
Porthos
Oh, I do, I do!
Aramis
Then let's go and be killed where we're told to! Is life worth so many questions?
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A Risky Bet on Loyalty
Athos
I'd rather wager on a ] for the ] than gamble on you two!
[Of Porthos' and Aramis' tennis-playing skills; [w:Huguenot|Huguenot; [w:Pope|Papacy]
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D'Artagnan's Unconventional Comparison of Women and Horses
D'Artagnan
I've never washed the legs of a woman—but I have done a horse. With a horse, you...start at the top.
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The Future Seen Through a Glass
Athos
You'll find, young man, the future looks rosier through the bottom of a glass.
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A Reluctant Decision in Conflict
D'Artagnan
Forgive me, madam, but I must kill your friend.
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Scheduling a Duel Among Friends
Porthos
Are you fighting this, ah, fellow? But I'm fighting him myself!
D'artagnan
But not til one o'clock!
Aramis
Oh, no, no, no, I'm fighting him this afternoon!
D'artagnan
At two o'clock, sir!
Athos
How long have you been in Paris?
D'artagnan
Since eight o'clock this morning.
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Miscommunication in Medical Diagnosis
Doctor
It's a very clean sword-thrust. A souvenir of the Cardinal's Guard, eh, M. Athos?
Athos
You're a liar. It's the smallpox.
Doctor
One sees that immediately...
Athos
Don't pretend you know one from the other -- or that it would make any difference to your treatment if you did!
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Facing Fate with a Musketeer's Pride
D'Artagnan
If I'm going to be killed, at least it will be by a musketeer!
[after having been challenged to duels by Athos, Porthos and Aramis]
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