foi

“Ma foi!

“Ma foi!” said Louis XVIII., “take it, such as it is, for I have not the time to procure you another.

“Ma foi, captain,” replied the sentry, “I do not know; for the last hour I have not heard him stir.”

“Ma foi, spread that idea,” replied the Count of Monte Cristo, putting his foot on the velvet-lined steps of his splendid carriage, “and that will be worth something to me among the ladies.”