Maximilian’s Avowal.

           AtthesamemomentM.deVillefort’svoicewasheardcallingfromhisstudy,"Whatisthematter?"MorrellookedatNoirtierwhohadrecoveredhisself-command,andwithaglanceindicatedtheclosetwhereoncebeforeundersomewhatsimilarcircumstances,hehadtakenrefuge.Hehadonlytimetogethishatandthrowhimselfbreathlessintotheclosetwhentheprocureur’sfootstepwasheardinthepassage.Villefortsprangintotheroom,rantoValentine,andtookherinhisarms."Aphysician,aphysicianM.d’Avrigny!"criedVillefort;"orratherIwillgoforhimmyself."Heflewfromtheapartment,andMorrelatthesamemomentdartedoutattheotherdoor.HehadbeenstrucktotheheartbyafrightfulrecollectiontheconversationhehadheardbetweenthedoctorandVillefortthenightofMadamedeSaint–Meran’sdeath,recurredtohim;thesesymptoms,toalessalarmingextent,werethesamewhichhadprecededthedeathofBarrois.AtthesametimeMonteCristo’svoiceseemedtoresoundinhisearwiththewordshehadheardonlytwohoursbefore,"Whateveryouwant,Morrel,cometome;Ihavegreatpower."Morerapidlythanthought,hedarteddowntheRueMatignon,andthencetotheAvenuedesChampsElysees.

           MeanwhileM.deVillefortarrivedinahiredcabrioletatM.d’Avrigny’sdoor.Herangsoviolentlythattheporterwasalarmed.Villefortranup-stairswithoutsayingaword.

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