oct 03 - around all hearts
oh, my full-sized aortic pump:
"He has not recovered from the blow," he said to Athos.
"He is struck to death."
"Oh! you are exaggerating, I hope. Raoul is a fine man. Around all hearts as noble as his there is a second envelope which forms a shield. The first bleeds, the second resists."
"No," replied Athos. "Raoul will die of it."
"Mordioux!"
The Man in the Iron Mask, Alexandre Dumas.