... some
corner behind a mother with a turban, or an aunt with a bird
of paradise.
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The Contract.
Three days after the scene we have ... " ;of having assassinated the man named Caderousse, his
former companion in prison, at the moment he was making his
escape from the house of the Count of Monte Cristo....
... without listening to
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Valentine.
We may easily conceive where Morrel's appointment was. On
leaving Monte Cristo he walked slowly ... little of that foreign manner by
which French persons recognize, at first sight, the Italian
or German nobleman. Besides, he gives evidence of great
kindness of disposi...
... him out of the room. A more than
deathlike silence then reigned in the house. At the end of a
quarter of an hour a faltering footstep was heard, and
Villefort appeared at the door of the apartment ... and who is expressly
named "the doctor of the dead." M. Noirtier could not be
persuaded to quit his grandchild. At the end of a quarter of
an hour M. d'Avrigny...
...
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Danglars Signature.
The next morning dawned dull and cloudy. During the night
the undertakers had executed their melancholy office, ... the bank of France,
payable to bearer. Stay, count, " he added, "you, who may he
called the emperor, if I claim the title of king of finance,
have you many piece...
... agony."
"Then," said the count, "your feeble spirit will not even
grant me the trial I request? Come do you know of what
the Count of Monte Cristo is capable? do you know that ... them all, then, Count of Monte
Cristo my pretended benefactor then, Count of Monte
Cristo, the universal guardian, be satisfied, you shall
witness the death of y...
...
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M. Noirtier de Villefort.
We will now relate what was passing in the house of the
king's attorney after the departure of Madame ...
justice of man may probably descend here, and the certain
judgment of God hereafter, would rejoice in the opportunity
thus afforded of bestowing such a peace-offering a...
... you that Madame
de Villefort sent to request my presence, as she had a
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In the Lucerne Patch.
Our readers must now allow us to transport ... beyond the power of
conviction. Tell me what this Count of Monte Cristo has done
for you."
"I own that your question embarrasses me, Valentine, for I
ca...
... by the old man,
sealed in the presence of all and given in charge to M.
Deschamps, the family notary.
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The Will.
As soon as ... course of a quarter of an hour every one
had assembled in the chamber of the paralytic; the second
notary had also arrived. A few words sufficed for a mutual
understanding bet...
...
subject."
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The Telegraph.
M. and Madame de Villefort found on their return that the
Count of Monte Cristo, who had come to ...
deprive me of the pleasure of your company, sir," said Monte
Cristo.
"No, count, I hope I assure you I shall do my best,"
stammered Villefort.
&quo...
...
gaining, made the difference of a million to Danglars.
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How a Gardener may get rid of the Dormice that eat His
Peaches.
Not on the same ... arms as he passed, the count reached the
tower of Montlhery, situated, as every one knows, upon the
highest point of the plain of that name. At the foot of the
h...