How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"War is a distraction. We gain everything by it; we can lose only one thing by it,- life; then so much the worse!"
"That is to say, memory," said Raoul, eagerly; "and that is to say, so much the better!" (27.75 – 27.76)
Raoul hopes war will distract him from his memories of Louise la Valliere.
Quote #5
In the heart of the poor young man it aroused emotions easily to be understood, thus to return to Paris among all the people who had known and loved him. Every face recalled to him who had endured so much, a suffering; to him who had loved so much, some circumstance of his love. Raoul, on approaching Paris, felt as if he were dying. Once in Paris, he really existed no longer. (28.2)
Returning to Paris brings up bittersweet memories for Raoul. He has sentimental attachments around the city and clearly has a very difficult time dissociating his experience of Paris from his experience of La Valliere.
Quote #6
"Biscarrat!" reflected the bishop. "It seems to me-"
"Try to recollect, Monsieur," said the officer.
"Pardieu! that won't take me long," said Porthos. "Biscarrat- called Cardinal- one of the four who interrupted us the day on which we formed our friendship with d'Artagnan, sword in hand." (46.26 – 46.28)
It is deeply fitting that Porthos and Aramis receive this blast from the past; it gives the novel a cyclical quality as it invokes the time detailed in The Three Musketeers.