The Departure.

           TherecenteventformedthethemeofconversationthroughoutallParis.EmmanuelandhiswifeconversedwithnaturalastonishmentintheirlittleapartmentintheRueMeslayuponthethreesuccessive,sudden,andmostunexpectedcatastrophesofMorcerf,Danglars,andVillefort.Maximilian,whowaspayingthemavisit,listenedtotheirconversation,orratherwaspresentatit,plungedinhisaccustomedstateofapathy."Indeed,"saidJulie,"mightwenotalmostfancy,Emmanuel,thatthosepeople,sorich,sohappybutyesterday,hadforgottenintheirprosperitythatanevilgeniuslikethewickedfairiesinPerrault’sstorieswhopresentthemselvesunbiddenataweddingorbaptismhoveredoverthem,andappearedallatoncetorevengehimselffortheirfatalneglect?"

           "Whatadiremisfortune!"saidEmmanuel,thinkingofMorcerfandDanglars.

           "Whatdreadfulsufferings!"saidJulie,rememberingValentine,butwhom,withadelicacynaturaltowomen,shedidnotnamebeforeherbrother.

           "IftheSupremeBeinghasdirectedthefatalblow,"saidEmmanuel,"itmustbethatheinhisgreatgoodnesshasperceivednothinginthepastlivesofthesepeopletomeritmitigationoftheirawfulpunishment."

           "Doyounotformaveryrashjudgment,Emmanuel?"saidJulie.

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