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Chapter 4 Conspiracy

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of the angles of Fort Saint Nicolas; then, turning round, he perceived Fernand, who had fallen,

Fernand, "here is a marriage which do

to despair, "

hen, love

dore

r l

I have known

ad of seeking to remedy your condition; I di

u have me do?"

e with Mademoiselle Mercédès; but for you-in the

found

ha

ld me that if any misfortune happened t

those things, b

rcédès; what she th

r she kill herself or not, what mat

ed Fernand, with the accents of unsh

se with a voice more tipsy than ever. "T

o me a good sort of fellow, and hang

d Caderouss

bottle, and you will be completely so. Drink then, and do not meddle with

I could drink four more such bottles; they are no b

attled his glass

and, awaiting with great anxiety t

is drunken Caderousse has made m

ey have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts

chants sont

prouvé par

you would like t

Dantès did not marry her you love; and the marriage may e

separate them, "

w, who will prove to you that you are wrong. Prove it, Danglars. I have answered for you. Say there is no need why Da

, he is not much out in what he says. Absence severs as well as death, and if the walls of a prison we

0

sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, "and whe

that?" mutte

derousse, "should they put Dantès in prison? he

tongue!" sa

o know why they should put Dantès in prison; I like Dantès; D

0

ess of his intoxication, and turning towards Fernand, sa

now, you have the means of having D

ng. But why should I meddle in the

s I know, you have some motive of personal hatred against Dantès, for

piness interested me; that's all; but since you believe I act for my own account, adieu, my de

her you have any angry feeling or not against Dantès. I hate him! I confess it openly. Do you find the means, I will

y eyes, he said, "Kill Dantès! who talks of killing Dantès? I won't have him killed-I won't! He's my friend, and

d Danglars. "We were merely joking; drink to his health, " he a

Caderousse, emptying his glass, "her

s-the means?"

it upon any?" a

undertook

the superiority over the Spaniards, that the

then, " said Fer

Danglars, "pen,

paper, " mutt

and paper are my tools, and witho

per, then, " call

ant on that table,

" The waiter did

0

al to kill a man more sure than if we waited at the corner of a wood to assassinate him! I have a

some more wine, Fernand." Fernand filled Caderousse's glass, who, like the c

overcome by this fresh assault on his senses, res

he final glimmer of Caderousse's reason

voyage such as Dantès has just made, in which he touched at the Island of Elba

im!" exclaimed the

with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well. But Dantès cannot remain forever in prison, and

etter than that he would com

t you if you have only the misfortune to scr

said F

he left hand (that the writing may not be recognized) the denunciation we propose." And Danglars, uniting practice with theory, wrote with his left hand, an

rna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist c

lf, and the matter will thus work its own way; there is nothing to do now but fold the letter as I am doing, and

ing of the letter, and instinctively comprehended all the misery which such a denunciation must entail. "Yes,

I, amongst the first and foremost, should be sorry if anything happened to Dantès-the worthy Dantès-loo

e. "Dantès is my friend, an

nglars, rising and looking at the young man, who still remained seated, but

have some more wine. I wish to drink to th

glars; "and if you continue, you will be compelled t

drunken man, "I can't keep on my legs? Why, I'll wager I can go

bet; but tomorrow-today it is time to r

ut I don't want your arm at all. Come, Ferna

d; "I shall return

e with us to Marse

ill

nce; there's liberty for all the world. Come along, Danglars, a

the moment, to take him off towards Marseilles b

and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting

e said he was going to the Catalans, and he is going

d Danglars; "he's gone right by th

ld have sworn that he turned to t

elf, "now the thing is at work and i

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Contents

Chapter 1 Marseilles-The Arrival Chapter 2 Father and Son Chapter 3 The Catalans Chapter 4 Conspiracy Chapter 5 The Marriage Feast Chapter 6 The Deputy Procureur du Roi Chapter 7 The Examination Chapter 8 The Chateau d'If Chapter 9 The Evening of the Betrothal Chapter 10 The King's Closet at the Tuileries Chapter 11 The Corsican Ogre
Chapter 12 Father and Son
Chapter 13 The Hundred Days
Chapter 14 The Two Prisoners
Chapter 15 Number 34 and Number 27
Chapter 16 A Learned Italian
Chapter 17 The Abbé's Chamber
Chapter 18 The Treasure
Chapter 19 The Third Attack
Chapter 20 The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If
Chapter 21 The Island of Tiboulen
Chapter 22 The Smugglers
Chapter 23 The Island of Monte Cristo
Chapter 24 The Secret Cave
Chapter 25 The Unknown
Chapter 26 The Pont du Gard Inn
Chapter 27 The Story
Chapter 28 The Prison Register
Chapter 29 The House of Morrel & Son
Chapter 30 The Fifth of September
Chapter 31 Italy Sinbad the Sailor
Chapter 32 The Waking
Chapter 33 Roman Bandits
Chapter 34 The Colosseum
Chapter 35 La Mazzolata
Chapter 36 The Carnival at Rome
Chapter 37 The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
Chapter 38 The Rendezvous
Chapter 39 The Guests
Chapter 40 The Breakfast
Chapter 41 The Presentation
Chapter 42 Monsieur Bertuccio
Chapter 43 The House at Auteuil
Chapter 44 The Vendetta
Chapter 45 The Rain of Blood
Chapter 46 Unlimited Credit
Chapter 47 The Dappled Grays
Chapter 48 Ideology
Chapter 49 Haydée
Chapter 50 The Morrel Family
Chapter 51 Pyramus and Thisbe
Chapter 52 Toxicology
Chapter 53 Robert le Diable
Chapter 54 A Flurry in Stocks
Chapter 55 Major Cavalcanti
Chapter 56 Andrea Cavalcanti
Chapter 57 In the Lucern Patch
Chapter 58 M. Noirtier de Villefort
Chapter 59 The Will
Chapter 60 The Telegraph
Chapter 61 How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches
Chapter 62 Ghosts
Chapter 63 The Dinner
Chapter 64 The Beggar
Chapter 65 A Conjugal Scene
Chapter 66 Matrimonial Projects
Chapter 67 The Office of the King's Attorney
Chapter 68 A Summer Ball
Chapter 69 The Inquiry
Chapter 70 The Ball
Chapter 71 Bread and Salt
Chapter 72 Madame de Saint-Méran
Chapter 73 The Promise
Chapter 74 The Villefort Family Vault
Chapter 75 A Signed Statement
Chapter 76 Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger
Chapter 77 Haydée
Chapter 78 We hear From Yanina
Chapter 79 The Lemonade
Chapter 80 The Accusation
Chapter 81 The Room of the Retired Baker
Chapter 82 The Burglary
Chapter 83 The Hand of God
Chapter 84 Beauchamp
Chapter 85 The Journey
Chapter 86 The Trial
Chapter 87 The Challenge
Chapter 88 The Insult
Chapter 89 The Night
Chapter 90 The Meeting
Chapter 91 Mother and Son
Chapter 92 The Suicide
Chapter 93 Valentine
Chapter 94 Maximilian's Avowal
Chapter 95 Father and Daughter
Chapter 96 The Contract
Chapter 97 The Departure for Belgium
Chapter 98 The Bell and Bottle Tavern
Chapter 99 The Law
Chapter 100 The Apparition
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