The Count of Monte Cristo

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how he answers you; I shall very soon learn that language by signs,
Valentine, and I promise you solemnly, that instead of despair, it is
happiness that awaits us."

"Oh, see, Maximilian, see the power you have over me, you almost make
me believe you; and yet, what you tell me is madness, for my father will
curse me--he is inflexible--he will never pardon me. Now listen to me,
Maximilian; if by artifice, by entreaty, by accident--in short, if by
any means I can delay this marriage, will you wait?"

"Yes, I promise you, as faithfully as you have promised me that this
horrible marriage shall not take place, and that if you are dragged
before a magistrate or a priest, you will refuse."

"I promise you by all that is most sacred to me in the world, namely, by
my mother."