Robert Etcheverry: François de Recci, dit le Chevalier Tempête

Quotes 

• [Isobel has joined a convent] 

  François de Ricci : No! I refuse to let Isabelle lead the life of a recluse. It's not natural!

  Mother Superior : What do you know of it? In war, you have learned to defy death and to inflict it. Here we learn to defy death and prepare for it.

• François de Ricci : By losing Isabelle, I've lost everything. I doubt they can do much for me.

  La Comtessa : No woman deserves such devotion.

  François de Ricci : This one does!

  La Comtessa : If she loved you, she wouldn't have taken her vows.

  François de Ricci : She thought I was dead.

  La Comtessa : But she exposed you to the Spanish! She saw you kissing another woman and, in her anger, denounced you, effectively sentencing you to death.

  François de Ricci : Even if that is true, I forgive her. Jealousy is proof of love.

  La Comtessa : I see no other woman can console you.

  François de Ricci : No.

  La Comtessa : Then I am happy. So many men comfort themselves with one woman, then run to another, then a third.

• [last lines] 

  Isabelle de Sospel : I have a wish. I hope God grants us a long time on Earth to love one another. If, by misfortune, he calls you back to him, I will ask him to let me follow you.

  François de Ricci : I will ask him the same favor: to live a long, long time with you, not to live a moment longer than you.

  Isabelle de Sospel : Neither you without me nor me without you.

  François de Ricci : Neither me without you nor you without me.