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The Villefort Family Vault.

           TheParisians,alwayscurious,alwaysaffectedbyfunerealdisplay,lookedonwithreligioussilencewhilethesplendidprocessionaccompaniedtotheirlastabodetwoofthenumberoftheoldaristocracythegreatestprotectorsofcommerceandsinceredevoteestotheirprinciples.Inoneofthemourning-coachesBeauchamp,Debray,andChateau–Renaudweretalkingoftheverysuddendeathofthemarchioness."IsawMadamedeSaint–MeranonlylastyearatMarseilles,whenIwascomingbackfromAlgiers,"saidChateau–Renaud;"shelookedlikeawomandestinedtolivetobeahundredyearsold,fromherapparentsoundhealthandgreatactivityofmindandbody.Howoldwasshe?"

           "Franzassuredme,"repliedAlbert,"thatshewassixty-sixyearsold.Butshehasnotdiedofoldage,butofgrief;itappearsthatsincethedeathofthemarquis,whichaffectedherverydeeply,shehasnotcompletelyrecoveredherreason."

           "Butofwhatdisease,then,didshedie?"askedDebray.

           "Itissaidtohavebeenacongestionofthebrain,orapoplexy,whichisthesamething,isitnot?"

           "Nearly."

           "Itisdifficulttobelievethatitwasapoplexy,"saidBeauchamp."MadamedeSaint–Meran,whomIoncesaw,wasshort,ofslenderform,andofamuchmorenervousthansanguinetemperament;griefcouldhardlyproduceapoplexyinsuchaconstitutionasthatofMadamedeSaint–Meran."

           "Atanyrate,"saidAlbert,"whateverdiseaseordoctormayhavekilledher,M.

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