Athos was not a man one could say was ever -- struck dumb. If he was silent, it was he decided that words would simply get in the way of appropriate actions. Usually fighting, sometimes drinking. Mix in some odd heroics and embracing his friends with some compassion and passion. So, the more that the woman - beautiful woman - said - the more Athos's eyebrows simply rose on his face.

Yet no word slipped out until the very end, as he considered her statement, and said in a surprisingly straight forward manner, "Are you trying to assassinate me?"