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Chapter 9 The Evening of the Betrothal

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tering the house found that the guests whom he had left at table were taking coffee in the salon. Renée was, wi

e State, Royalist, Brutus, what is

th a fresh Reign of T

ogre broken loos

in-law, "I request your pardon for thus leaving you. Will t

, then?" asked the marquis, remark

a few days; so, " added he, turning to Renée

Renée, unable to hide her emotion

urned Villef

e you going?" as

ions for Paris, a friend of mine is going there tonight, and will

k to me alone?" s

, please." The marquis took hi

n as they were by themsel

my immediate presence in Paris. Now, excuse the indi

e funds; seven or eight

out, marquis, or y

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an I sell

broker, ha

es

m to sell out without an instant's delay,

plied the marquis, "let

tter to his broker, ordering him

placing the letter in his pock

wh

the

the

es

write to h

nt a letter that will enable me to reach the king's presence without all the for

has the right of entry at the Tuileries, and can pr

ld leave me in the background, and take all the glory to himself. I tell you, marquis, my fortune

dy. I will call Salvieux and

, I must be on the road

achman to sto

rquise and Mademoiselle Renée, whom I

h here, and can make yo

anks-and now f

rang, a serv

Salvieux that I wou

go, " said t

gone only a

ld be enough to throw the whole city into confusion, he resumed his ordinary pace. At his door he perceived a figure in the sh

illefort instantly recognized her. Her beauty and high bearing surprised him, and when she inqu

riminal, and I can do nothing for him, mademoiselle." Mercédès burst

e is, that I may know whether h

1

no longer in my hands,

he pain he felt. But remorse is not thus banished; like Virgil's wounded hero, he carried the arrow in his

such as the ancients figured, furious and terrible, but that slow and consuming agony whose pangs are intensified from hour to hour up to the very moment of death. Then he had a moment's hesitation. He had frequently called for capital punishment on criminals, and owing to his irresist

ealed, but Villefort's was one of those that never close, or if they do, only close to reopen more agonizing than ever. If at this moment the sweet voice of Renée had sounded in his ears pleading for mercy, or the fair Mercédès had entered and said, "In the name of God, I co

t, stood motionless an instant, his hand pressed to his head, muttered a few inarticulate sounds, and then, perceiving that his servant had place

arted when he saw Renée, for he fancied she was again about to plead for Dantès. Alas

er husband. Villefort knew not when he should return, and Renée, far from p

1

uch. Fernand, kneeling by her side, took her hand, and covered it with kisses that Mercédès did not even feel. She passed the night thus. The lamp went out for wa

said she, at length, t

since yesterday, " retur

city; but the report was already in circulation that Dantès was arrested as a Bonapartist agent; and as the most sanguine looked upon any attempt of Napoleon to remount

ing reflection. But he did not succeed, and became too intoxicated to fetch any more drink, and yet not so intoxicated as to forget what had happened. With his elbows on the table he s

en behind the ear, and an inkstand in place of a heart. Everything with him was multiplication or subtraction. The life of a man was to him of far less value

embraced Renée, kissed the marquise's hand, and shaken t

ow what had become of Edmond. But we kn

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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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