The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

by

Alexandre Dumas

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Lord de Winter is Milady’s brother-in-law. After fighting a duel with d’Artagnan, the two become friends and allies. D’Artagnan writes to Lord de Winter to warn him that Milady wants him and the duke dead. In response, Lord de Winter imprisons Milady, though he fails to save the duke’s life.

Lord de Winter Quotes in The Three Musketeers

The The Three Musketeers quotes below are all either spoken by Lord de Winter or refer to Lord de Winter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Friendship and Loyalty Theme Icon
).
Chapter 50 Quotes

“Look at this woman,” said de Winter. “She’s young and beautiful, and she has every kind of charm imaginable; yet she’s a monster who, at the age of twenty-five, has already committed as many crimes as you’ll find in the records of our law courts for a year. Her body speaks in her favor, her beauty lures her victims, and I must say in all fairness that her body pays what she’s promised. She’ll try to seduce you, she may even try to kill you.”

Related Characters: Lord de Winter (speaker), John Felton
Page Number: 495
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 52 Quotes

She sat motionless, her eyes glowing with murderous hatred. Now and then an angry sound like the low growl of a tigress rose from deep inside her and mingled with the roar of the waves breaking against the cliff on which the forbidding castle stood.

Related Characters: D’Artagnan, Lord de Winter
Page Number: 508
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 59 Quotes

“It was God’s will,” Felton said with a fanatic’s resignation. But he could not take his eyes off the sloop, and he imagined that he could see a woman on its deck, the woman to whom he had sacrificed his life.

Related Characters: John Felton (speaker), Lord de Winter, The Duke of Buckingham
Page Number: 572
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 66 Quotes

Perhaps she was struck by a superstitious idea and took her fall as a sign that fate was against her; in any case, she remained as she had fallen, on her knees, with her head bowed and her hands still tied.

The silent witnesses on the other side of the river saw the executioner raise his arms. Moonlight glittered on the broad blade of this sword. There was a scream as he swiftly brought down his arms, then a truncated mass collapsed beneath the blow.

Related Characters: Lord de Winter, The Executioner
Page Number: 624
Explanation and Analysis:
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Lord de Winter Quotes in The Three Musketeers

The The Three Musketeers quotes below are all either spoken by Lord de Winter or refer to Lord de Winter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Friendship and Loyalty Theme Icon
).
Chapter 50 Quotes

“Look at this woman,” said de Winter. “She’s young and beautiful, and she has every kind of charm imaginable; yet she’s a monster who, at the age of twenty-five, has already committed as many crimes as you’ll find in the records of our law courts for a year. Her body speaks in her favor, her beauty lures her victims, and I must say in all fairness that her body pays what she’s promised. She’ll try to seduce you, she may even try to kill you.”

Related Characters: Lord de Winter (speaker), John Felton
Page Number: 495
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 52 Quotes

She sat motionless, her eyes glowing with murderous hatred. Now and then an angry sound like the low growl of a tigress rose from deep inside her and mingled with the roar of the waves breaking against the cliff on which the forbidding castle stood.

Related Characters: D’Artagnan, Lord de Winter
Page Number: 508
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 59 Quotes

“It was God’s will,” Felton said with a fanatic’s resignation. But he could not take his eyes off the sloop, and he imagined that he could see a woman on its deck, the woman to whom he had sacrificed his life.

Related Characters: John Felton (speaker), Lord de Winter, The Duke of Buckingham
Page Number: 572
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 66 Quotes

Perhaps she was struck by a superstitious idea and took her fall as a sign that fate was against her; in any case, she remained as she had fallen, on her knees, with her head bowed and her hands still tied.

The silent witnesses on the other side of the river saw the executioner raise his arms. Moonlight glittered on the broad blade of this sword. There was a scream as he swiftly brought down his arms, then a truncated mass collapsed beneath the blow.

Related Characters: Lord de Winter, The Executioner
Page Number: 624
Explanation and Analysis: