Граф Монте-Кристо

M. Noirtier de Villefort.

           VillefortdidnotneedthehelpofeitherValentineorthedomesticinordertocarryonwithhisfatherthestrangeconversationwhichhewasabouttobegin.Aswehavesaid,heperfectlyunderstoodtheoldman’svocabulary,andifhedidnotuseitmoreoften,itwasonlyindifferenceandennuiwhichpreventedhimfromsodoing.HethereforeallowedValentinetogointothegarden,sentawayBarrois,andafterhavingseatedhimselfathisfather’srighthand,whileMadamedeVillefortplacedherselfontheleft,headdressedhimthus:

           "Itrustyouwillnotbedispleased,sir,thatValentinehasnotcomewithus,orthatIdismissedBarrois,forourconferencewillbeonewhichcouldnotwithproprietybecarriedoninthepresenceofeither.MadamedeVillefortandIhaveacommunicationtomaketoyou."

           Noirtier’sfaceremainedperfectlypassiveduringthislongpreamble,while,onthecontrary,Villefort’seyewasendeavoringtopenetrateintotheinmostrecessesoftheoldman’sheart.

           "Thiscommunication,"continuedtheprocureur,inthatcoldanddecisivetonewhichseemedatoncetoprecludealldiscussion,"will,wearesure,meetwithyourapprobation."Theeyeoftheinvalidstillretainedthatvacancyofexpressionwhichpreventedhissonfromobtaininganyknowledgeofthefeelingswhichwerepassinginhismind;helistened,nothingmore."Sir,"resumedVillefort,"wearethinkingofmarryingValentine.

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