‘To be struck down,
Pierced by sword i’ the heart, from a hero’s hand!’That I had dreamed. O mockery of Fate!
–Killed, I! of all men–in an ambuscade!
Struck from behind, and by a lackey’s hand!‘Tis very well. I am foiled, foiled in all,
Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act V, Scene 5.VI
Even in my death.
