Philippe lies down in the still-warm bed of the brother he has replaced, and Dumas gives the image its full weight: a tiger creeping into the absent lion's cave, settling among dry grass and broken bones, ready for sleep and ready for combat at once. Then the line: “On peut être ambitieux de coucher dans le lit du lion, mais on ne doit pas espérer d’y dormir tranquille.” Every stolen position charges rent in vigilance — the prize and the paranoia are the same bed.

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