The Count of Monte Cristo

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"If we are so, it is because we generally judge under the influence of
excitement. But return to your question."

"Does Mademoiselle Danglars object to this marriage with M. de Morcerf
on account of loving another?"

"I told you I was not on terms of strict intimacy with Eugenie."

"Yes, but girls tell each other secrets without being particularly
intimate; own, now, that you did question her on the subject. Ah, I see
you are smiling."

"If you are already aware of the conversation that passed, the wooden
partition which interposed between us and you has proved but a slight
security."

"Come, what did she say?"