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Answered in sentence

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No one answered to his first knocking.
"Oh, I saw the snare, and I answered you would be quite in despair on your return.
"’To Troyes, in Champagne,’ I answered.
"Oh, monsieur, procurator’s wife or duchess, if she will but loosen her pursestrings, it will be all the same; but she positively answered that she was tired of the exigencies and infidelities of Monsieur Porthos, and that she would not send him a denier."
"Well?""Well, she must be at her country seat, for she has not answered me.""Truly?""No; so I yesterday addressed another epistle to her, still more pressing than the first.
’Monsieur the Abbe,’ said he, ’do you like blows with a cane?’ ’I cannot say, monsieur,’ answered I; ’no one has ever dared to give me any.’ ’Well, listen to me, then, Monsieur the Abbe!
"You are all mistaken, gentlemen," answered Athos, gravely; "you are eating horse."
"Gentlemen," said Athos, addressing at the same time his companions and their adversaries, "are we ready?""Yes!" answered the Englishmen and the Frenchmen, as with one voice.
"Oh, good Lord, Monsieur Chevalier," said she, "what are you doing?""I?" said d’Artagnan; "nothing," and he read,"You have not answered my first note.
All this was answered by an expression of d’Artagnan’s.
But would it be just to allow me to go to a possible death without having given me at least something more than hope?"Milady answered by a glance which said, "Is that all?--speak, then."
But d’Artagnan, whose ideas had taken quite another course, forgot himself like a fool, and answered gallantly that it was too late to think about duels and sword thrusts.
Athos fell into a profound reverie and answered nothing.
M. de Treville contented himself with asking d’Artagnan if he could do anything for him, but d’Artagnan answered that he was supplied with all he wanted.
"Yes, sir; and I answered him, to bring or send me that order and I would sign it."
The man he addressed recoiled with terror, and only answered the few words of the Musketeer by pointing.
"I am the Chevalier de Rochefort," answered the other, "the equerry of Monsieur le Cardinal Richelieu, and I have orders to conduct you to his Eminence."
"It is much better both for you and for me to stop where we are," answered the wounded man.
I answered not a word, and for a very good reason.
"Ay," he answered like a man suddenly waking.
"But there is nothing in this," he answered, crumpling up the paper.
A smile flitted across the lip of my severe companion, and he answered:"That is what we shall see.""Ah!" said I, rather put out.
For he soon answered thus:"What is darkness to you is light to me.
Decidedly, my uncle had answered every one of my objections.
"Are you afraid of being put into a state of fusion?""I will leave you to decide that question," I answered rather sullenly.
"Quite a mistake," my uncle answered.
"Oh, very well," answered M. Fridrikssen, who was kind enough not to pursue the subject when he had noticed the embarrassment of his friend.
An ordinary barometer would not have answered the purpose, as the pressure would increase during our descent to a point which the mercurial barometer [1] would not register.
Then followed strong language, and the whip; but the brute answered these arguments with kicks and endeavours to throw his rider.
"At the bottom of the perpendicular chimney," he answered.
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