Alexandre Dumas, père mentions of Pentecost in "Twenty Years After" (French: Vingt ans après), the sequel to "The Three Musketeers". A meal is planned for the holiday, to which La Ramée, second in command of the prison, is invited, and by which contrivance, the Duke is able to escape. He speaks sarcastically of the festival to his jailor, foreshadowing his escape : ""Now, what has Pentecost to do with me? Do you fear, say, that the Holy Ghost may come down in the form of fiery tongues and open the gates of my prison?""