Madame de Saint–Meran.

           AgloomyscenehadindeedjustpassedatthehouseofM.deVillefort.Aftertheladieshaddepartedfortheball,whitheralltheentreatiesofMadamedeVilleforthadfailedinpersuadinghimtoaccompanythem,theprocureurhadshuthimselfupinhisstudy,accordingtohiscustom,withaheapofpaperscalculatedtoalarmanyoneelse,butwhichgenerallyscarcelysatisfiedhisinordinatedesires.Butthistimethepaperswereamerematterofform.Villeforthadsecludedhimself,nottostudy,buttoreflect;andwiththedoorlockedandordersgiventhatheshouldnotbedisturbedexceptingforimportantbusiness,hesatdowninhisarm-chairandbegantoponderovertheevents,theremembranceofwhichhadduringthelasteightdaysfilledhismindwithsomanygloomythoughtsandbitterrecollections.Then,insteadofplungingintothemassofdocumentspiledbeforehim,heopenedthedrawerofhisdesk,touchedaspring,anddrewoutaparcelofcherishedmemoranda,amongstwhichhehadcarefullyarranged,incharactersonlyknowntohimself,thenamesofallthosewho,eitherinhispoliticalcareer,inmoneymatters,atthebar,orinhismysteriousloveaffairs,hadbecomehisenemies.

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