“Aramis avait supporté les reproches sans pâlir, il rougit en écoutant les éloges. D’Artagnan trompé lui faisait honneur. D’Artagnan confiant lui faisait honte.” Accusation slides off the conspirator — he expected it and rehearsed for it. But trust, freely given by a friend he is deceiving, hits the one place with no armor. Dumas's psychology: guilt doesn't answer charges; it answers kindness.

— In our words · Source: The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)