Quotes Of Alexandre Dumas 'The Count Monte Cristo'

-“Half-past one only?” said he. “Why the devil do you rouse me at this hour?” {Alexandre Dumas, the Count Monte Cristo} (A mild oath which called on the Devil /In heaven’s name/why the dickens/why in the world/why on God’s green earth/why the hell/ why the deuce/ why in tarnation [damnation]) {Oxford Thesaurus}
-Why in the name of everything infernal do you want me to be ambassador?

-I kept my eye on her after that, for I knew there was some devilry in the wind. I saw them from time to time, for I was anxious to know what they were after. {Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- ‘Sherlock Holmes’} (Reckless or malicious behaviour that causes discomfort or annoyance in others {Farlex}/ devilishness/ wickedness/ evil/ fiendishness/ cruelty/ malice/ malevolence/
{O Henry, Roads of Destiny} (Be it good or bad- suggests indifference/no matter what)

-And Princess Mary tried, but could not manage, to be cordial to her new guest. “Poor girl, she’s devilish ugly!” thought Anatole. {Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace} (very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance/plug ugly/ very ugly/ a gargoyle/ looks hideous/ unattractive/ disagreeable/ horrid/ unpleasant looking/ an ogre/ an ugly duckling/ incredibly ugly/ freak of Nature); (Old boot: (informal) an ugly or disliked old woman {Oxford Dictionary}/ moth-eaten old relic)

-Neither of us is prepared to admit diabolical intrusions into the affairs of men. {Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- ‘Sherlock Holmes’} (Diabolic subversion/ diabolic affliction/ demonological experience/ diabolic intrusion/ diabolic assault/ demonological knowledge/ diabolic conflict/ influence of the supernatural)

- You’ll have to assert yourself with her else’s she will oppress you. (to afflict or torment/take advantage of/ harass/ coerce/ tyrannize/ dominate/ repress/ subjugate/ persecute/ manipulate/ commandeer/
(it didn’t matter which one of two alternatives he chose to respond to — either way he lost the argument /avoid one problem to land on another/ catch-22/ predicament/ quandary/ trouble/ problem/ misfortune/ difficulty/ quandary/ jam/ mess/ dilemma/ pickle/ fix/ corner/ bad-luck/ calamity/ hardship/ straight up a gum-tree/ Morton’s fork/ pull devil pull baker/ poisoned chalice)

-I’m faced with Morton’s fork. (Two alternatives with unpleasant consequences/ According to Wikipedia a Morton’s fork is “a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion.”/torn between two things / be between the devil and the deep blue sea/ between the bottle and the label/ between a rock and a hard place)
~ Confess and be hanged. (Morton’s fork/ horns of a