Граф Монте-Кристо

Locusta.

           Justthenthesoundoffinger-nailsslightlygratingagainstthedoorofthelibraryinformedValentinethatthecountwasstillwatching,andrecommendedhertodothesame;atthesametime,ontheoppositeside,thatistowardsEdward’sroom,Valentinefanciedthatsheheardthecreakingofthefloor;shelistenedattentively,holdingherbreathtillshewasnearlysuffocated;thelockturned,andthedoorslowlyopened.Valentinehadraisedherselfuponherelbow,andhadscarcelytimetothrowherselfdownonthebedandshadehereyeswithherarm;then,trembling,agitated,andherheartbeatingwithindescribableterror,sheawaitedtheevent.

           Someoneapproachedthebedanddrewbackthecurtains.Valentinesummonedeveryeffort,andbreathedwiththatregularrespirationwhichannouncestranquilsleep."Valentine!"saidalowvoice.Stillsilent:Valentinehadpromisednottoawake.Theneverythingwasstill,exceptingthatValentineheardthealmostnoiselesssoundofsomeliquidbeingpouredintotheglassshehadjustemptied.Thensheventuredtoopenhereyelids,andglanceoverherextendedarm.Shesawawomaninawhitedressing-gownpouringaliquorfromaphialintoherglass.DuringthisshorttimeValentinemusthaveheldherbreath,ormovedinsomeslightdegree,forthewoman,disturbed,stoppedandleanedoverthebed,inorderthebettertoascertainwhetherValentinesleptitwasMadamedeVillefort.

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