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1  Very well; I shall expect you.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
2  As I expected, my officer was there.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
3  It is nearly eight o'clock, and at nine I expect a visit.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
4  It was thus Athos found at home resources which he did not expect.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
5  The latter obeyed without reply, and entered the chamber, where he appeared to be expected.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 14 THE MAN OF MEUNG
6  "What can you expect, my dear Porthos; a man is not privileged in all ways," said d'Artagnan.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 25 PORTHOS
7  As to the other, he knows me, he fears me, and knows what he has to expect of me if ever I escape from his hands.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY
8  No," said Porthos, "I expected some gentlemen of the neighborhood, who have just sent me word they could not come.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 28 THE RETURN
9  de Bernet were exiled, and Laporte did not conceal from his mistress that he expected to be arrested every instant.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
10  The crowd was caused, not by the expectation of a man to be hanged, but by the contemplation of a man who was hanged.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 14 THE MAN OF MEUNG
11  The days of expectation are long, and d'Artagnan, in particular, would have wagered that the days were forty-four hours.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
12  There," said the king, looking at a clock, "there, now, as it is half past eight, you may retire; for as I told you, I expect someone at nine.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
13  They reached the Rue St. Honore, and in the Place du Palais-Cardinal they found the twelve invited Musketeers, walking about in expectation of their comrades.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 39 A VISION
14  These notes had all the effect that he who wrote them could expect, in that they induced a great number of the inhabitants to open private negotiations with the royal army.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 51 OFFICER
15  Anne of Austria, who, in consequence of the seizure of her letter, expected reproaches, was much astonished the next day to see the king make some attempts at reconciliation with her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
16  There was something melancholy in this brazen voice pouring out its lamentations in the middle of the night; but each of those strokes, which made up the expected hour, vibrated harmoniously to the heart of the young man.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
17  He believed they were come to conduct him to the scaffold; so that when he saw merely and simply, instead of the executioner he expected, only his commissary of the preceding evening, attended by his clerk, he was ready to embrace them both.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
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