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           Thedayfollowingthisscene,atthehourthebankerusuallychosetopayavisittoMadameDanglarsonhiswaytohisoffice,hiscoupedidnotappear.Atthistime,thatis,abouthalf-pasttwelve,MadameDanglarsorderedhercarriage,andwentout.Danglars,hiddenbehindacurtain,watchedthedeparturehehadbeenwaitingfor.HegaveordersthatheshouldbeinformedassoonasMadameDanglarsappeared;butattwoo’clockshehadnotreturned.Hethencalledforhishorses,drovetotheChamber,andinscribedhisnametospeakagainstthebudget.Fromtwelvetotwoo’clockDanglarshadremainedinhisstudy,unsealinghisdispatches,andbecomingmoreandmoresadeveryminute,heapingfigureuponfigure,andreceiving,amongothervisits,onefromMajorCavalcanti,who,asstiffandexactasever,presentedhimselfpreciselyatthehournamedthenightbefore,toterminatehisbusinesswiththebanker.OnleavingtheChamber,Danglars,whohadshownviolentmarksofagitationduringthesitting,andbeenmorebitterthaneveragainsttheministry,re-enteredhiscarriage,andtoldthecoachmantodrivetotheAvenuedesChamps–Elysees,No.30.

           MonteCristowasathome;onlyhewasengagedwithsomeoneandbeggedDanglarstowaitforamomentinthedrawing-room.Whilethebankerwaswaitingintheanteroom,thedooropened,andamandressedasanabbeanddoubtlessmorefamiliarwiththehousethanhewas,cameinandinsteadofwaiting,merelybowed,passedontothefartherapartments,anddisappeared.

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