That is because a true friend would not.

[ Judgmental, perhaps. But that’s d’Artagnan. He would never treat any friend like that, and he has absolute distaste for people who do. What had those men been thinking of? Lucy is only seventeen. Why would they toy with her feelings like that? ]

Know that you need never be ashamed of how you feel, where I am concerned. Its not you I judge, it’s those who hurt you, and behave without honour. I’m truly sorry for what they’ve done.