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Now that this treasure, which had been the object of the abbé’s meditations for so long, could give future happiness to him whom he truly loved as a son, it had redoubled its value in his eyes daily would he expatiate on the amount, holding forth to Dantès on the good a man could do to his friends in modern times with a fortune of thirteen or fourteen millions.ĭantès descended, murmuring the supreme word of human philosophy: ‘Perhaps.’ (page 141) Like the wounded hero of Virgil he carried the arrow in his wound. (page 26)īut sadness is not banished so easily. Suddenly Edmond became aware of the gloomy countenance of Fernand peering out of the shadows, pale and menacing, and instinctively the young man put his hand to the knife at his belt. Their intense happiness isolated them from the rest of the world. The fierce Marseilles sun which penetrated the room through the open door covered them with a flood of light. The World of Alexandre Dumas and The Count of Monte CristoĬhapter IX - THE LITTLE CABINET OF THE TUILERIESĬhapter XVI - THE CEMETERY OF THE CHTEAU D’IFĬhapter XXIX - THE CATACOMBS OF ST SEBASTIANĬhapter XXXIII - THE PAIR OF DAPPLED GREYSĬhapter XXXVII - THE RISE AND FALL OF STOCKSĬhapter XLVIII - MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGSĬhapter XLIX - THE PROGRESS OF CAVALCANTI JUNIORĮdmond and Mercédès fell into each other’s arms. From the Pages of The Count of Monte Cristo