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The Contract.

           "Andreaturnedpale,anddrewtowardsthedoor;hesawacloudrisinginthehorizon,whichappearedtoforebodeacomingstorm.

           "Well,thiswaistcoatwasdiscoveredtoday,coveredwithblood,andwithaholeovertheheart."Theladiesscreamed,andtwoorthreepreparedtofaint."Itwasbroughttome.Noonecouldguesswhatthedirtyragcouldbe;Ialonesuspectedthatitwasthewaistcoatofthemurderedman.Myvalet,inexaminingthismournfulrelic,feltapaperinthepocketanddrewitout;itwasaletteraddressedtoyou,baron."

           "Tome?"criedDanglars.

           "Yes,indeed,toyou;Isucceededindecipheringyournameunderthebloodwithwhichtheletterwasstained,"repliedMonteCristo,amidthegeneraloutburstofamazement.

           "But,"askedMadameDanglars,lookingatherhusbandwithuneasiness,"howcouldthatpreventM.deVillefort"

           "Inthissimpleway,madame,"repliedMonteCristo;"thewaistcoatandtheletterwerebothwhatistermedcircumstantialevidence;Ithereforesentthemtotheking’sattorney.Youunderstand,mydearbaron,thatlegalmethodsarethesafestincriminalcases;itwas,perhaps,someplotagainstyou."AndrealookedsteadilyatMonteCristoanddisappearedintheseconddrawing-room.

           "Possibly,"saidDanglars;"wasnotthismurderedmananoldgalley-slave?"

           "Yes,"repliedthecount;"afelonnamedCaderousse.

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