"Is this my old reputation again, come back to haunt me?" asks Aramis, lightly, for Porthos' eyes are big and wet enough already. "You know I truly didn't do that at home, not without a mutual understanding that it was to be a one time thing." Aramis shrugs. "I liked being in love - or at least, what I imagined love to be before you."

Aramis takes another bite of duck. "I never once thought I could have someone like you, of course I didn't mean to let you go when I actually had you in my arms"