| The book begins with the 3-year-old Dumas discovering that his father has died, and promptly arming himself and heading upstairs. |
| The musketeers romantically portrayed by Dumas in the 19th century reflected the flamboyance and panache expected of them and their kind. |
| When Hugo wrote for himself he wrote almost as simply and straightforwardly as Dumas. |
| Often glancing at the magistrates, Dumas was a commanding presence with a flair for the dramatic. |
| He was in some sort the p. 59grandsire of the Buridan and the Antony of Dumas. |
| When the act was finished, Dumas went in search of the pompier, who did not know him. |
