- Actually, I was thinking of that poor devil you fed to the dogs today, D’Artagnan. And I was wondering what Dumas would make of all this. - Come again? - Alexandre Dumas. He wrote “The Three Musketeers”. I figured you must be an admirer, since you named your slave after his novel’s lead character. If Alexandre Dumas had been there today, I wonder what he would made of it? - You doubt he’d approve? - Yes. His approval would be a dubious proposition at best. - Soft hearted Frenchy! - Alexandre Dumas is black.