How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
D'Artagnan raised himself up, looking round with a wandering eye. He saw Fouquet on his knees, with his wet hat in his hand, smiling upon him with ineffable sweetness. "You are not gone, then?" cried he. (40.47)
A less honorable man would have run away. This is an indication of the type of hold the concept of "honor" has over these men.
Quote #8
"We shall gain the consciousness, Monsieur, of not having made eighty of the King's Guards retire before two rebels. If I listened to your advice, Monsieur, I should be a dishonored man; and by dishonoring myself I should dishonor the army. Forward, men!" (48.122)
Even if the captain would have liked to stand down, honor dictates that eighty men cannot retreat before two.