Граф Монте-Крісто

The Law.

           deVillefortwouldstifletheaffair;hehadonlytoturnhiseyesononeside,andallowAndreatofly,andfollowupthecrimeunderthatshadowofguiltcalledcontemptofcourt.Andafterthisreasoningsheslepteasily.

           Atnineo’clocknextmorningshearose,andwithoutringingforhermaidorgivingtheleastsignofheractivity,shedressedherselfinthesamesimplestyleasonthepreviousnight;thenrunningdown-stairs,sheleftthehotel,walkedtotheRuedeProvence,calledacab,anddrovetoM.deVillefort’shouse.Forthelastmonththiswretchedhousehadpresentedthegloomyappearanceofalazarettoinfectedwiththeplague.Someoftheapartmentswereclosedwithinandwithout;theshutterswereonlyopenedtoadmitaminute’sair,showingthescaredfaceofafootman,andimmediatelyafterwardsthewindowwouldbeclosed,likeagravestonefallingonasepulchre,andtheneighborswouldsaytoeachotherinalowvoice,"Willtherebeanotherfuneraltodayattheprocureur’shouse?"MadameDanglarsinvoluntarilyshudderedatthedesolateaspectofthemansion;descendingfromthecab,sheapproachedthedoorwithtremblingknees,andrangthebell.Threetimesdidthebellringwithadull,heavysound,seemingtoparticipate,inthegeneralsadness,beforetheconciergeappearedandpeepedthroughthedoor,whichheopenedjustwideenoughtoallowhiswordstobeheard.Hesawalady,afashionable,elegantlydressedlady,andyetthedoorremainedalmostclosed.

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