The Three Musketeers

At that moment D'Artagnan opened his eyes. He tore himself from the arms of Porthos and Aramis, and threw himself like a madman on the corpse of his mistress.
Athos rose, walked toward his friend with a slow and solemn step, embraced him tenderly, and as he burst into violent sobs, he said to him with his noble and persuasive voice, "Friend, be a man! Women weep for the dead; men avenge them!"
"Oh, yes," cried D'Artagnan, "yes! If it be to avenge her, I am ready to follow you."


This scene, from the end of The Three Musketeers, was both sad and funny. D'Artagnan had scarce found his "love" when she fell dead from being poisoned by his adversary, Milady. He was heartbroken, but Athos just tells him to get up, stop crying like a woman, and take his revenge. I thought it was just a little odd and inconsiderate of Athos, but still funny. They eventually take their revenge on Milady for having conspired against so many people. The Three Musketeers was a wonderful book.

PS: The words were the ones from this month's vocabulary.