Exclaimed in example sentence
But at the first word the young woman started, and exclaimed in a sharp, bantering tone, which sounded strangely in the darkness, "Are you afraid, dear Monsieur d’Artagnan?""You cannot think so, dear love!" replied d’Artagnan; "but now, suppose this poor Comte de Wardes were less guilty than you think him?""At all events," said Milady, seriously, "he has deceived me, and from the moment he deceived me, he merited death."