The Man in the Iron Mask Loyalty Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

"Hush, Messieurs! you disturb the King."

D'Artagnan sighed.

"All is over!" said he; "the Musketeers of the present day are not those of his Majesty Louis XIII. All is over!" (52.72 – 52.74)

This is a sign that the Musketeers of the present day lack the type of loyalty to their captain that the Musketeers of yesteryear possessed.

Quote #8

"Great they will be, I feel; but if by chance I should not think them so? I have seen war, Sire; I have seen peace; I have served Richelieu and Mazarin; I have been scorched with your father at the fire of Rochelle, riddled with thrusts like a sieve, having made a new skin ten times, as serpents do. After affronts and injustices, I have a command which was formerly something, because it gave the bearer the right of speaking as he liked to his King." (53.64)

Although D'Artagnan's loyalties to the King are unquestionable, he has also expected to retain the right to question his sovereign.