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But it was a vain threat this time.
Trot, my dear, a vain threat!
'It was a vain threat.'
A Falstaffian old soldier (based on the miles gloriosus of Roman comedy) named Capitaine Rodomonte, gave his name to the rodomontade of French theater, an extravagantly inflated and drawn-out tirade of deluded self-confidence, vain threats and invective.