The Count of Monte Cristo

Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint Jean were covered with spectators;...

God forgive me, said the young man, for rejoicing at happiness derived from the misery of others,...

I mean, Mercds, that you are thus harsh and cruel with me, because you are expecting someone who is...

Yes, yes, I understand, said Danglars, and then in a low tone, he added, To Paris, no doubt to...

As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while...

I demand admittance, said a loud voice outside the room, in the name of the law. As no attempt was...

So far, then, said Danglars, mentally, all has gone as I would have it. I am, temporarily,...

Indeed I am, replied the young magistrate with a smile; and in the interesting trial that young...

I was at the festival of my marriage, monsieur, said the young man, his voice slightly tremulous,...

The prisoner glanced at the windows they were grated; he had changed his prison for another that...

He descended fifteen steps, and the door of a dungeon was opened, and he was thrust in. The door...

Come in, said Louis XVIII., with repressed smile, come in, Baron, and tell the duke all you know...

Really impossible. Yes that is a great word, sir. Unfortunately, there are great words, as there...

Father, you know very well that the general was not a man to drown himself in despair, and people...

With the greatest pleasure. Dants was then guilty, and now he is innocent, and it is as much my...

The food is the same as in other prisons, that is, very bad; the lodging is very unhealthful, but,...

So many loathsome animals inhabited the prison, that their noise did not, in general, awake him;...

Oh, my God, my God. murmured he, I have so earnestly prayed to you, that I hoped my prayers had...

Alas, it shows how little notion you can have of all it has cost me to effect a purpose so...

Ah, yes, said Faria; the penknife. Thats my masterpiece. I made it, as well as this larger knife,...

Dants followed him; his features were no longer contracted, and now wore their usual expression,...

Thanks, murmured the invalid, extending one hand. I accept. You may one of these days reap the...

They sought even more thoroughly than the august heirs had done, but it was fruitless. There were...

One night Edmond awoke suddenly, believing that he heard someone calling him. He opened his eyes...

That is impossible, replied the governor. The chaplain of the chteau came to me yesterday to beg...

These words rang in Dants ears, even beneath the waves; he hastened to cleave his way through them...

A prisoner has escaped from the Chteau dIf, and they are firing the alarm gun, replied Dants. The...

As a result of the sympathetic devotion which Jacopo had from the first bestowed on Edmond, the...

Meanwhile, by a cleft between two walls of rock, following a path worn by a torrent, and which, in...

The explosion soon followed; the upper rock was lifted from its base by the terrific force of the...

Three compartments divided the coffer. In the first, blazed piles of golden coin; in the second,...

The first person to attract the attention of Dants, as he landed on the Canebire, was one of the...

At this unusual sound, a huge black dog came rushing to meet the daring assailant of his ordinarily...

When he had sufficiently recovered himself, he said, It appears, then, that the miserable old man...

Yes, sir, I was there, and very anxious to speak; but Danglars restrained me. If he should really...

The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between...

Emmanuel sighed, and summoned Cocles. Cocles appeared, and the young man bade him conduct the...

The month passed, and Morrel made extraordinary efforts to get in all his resources. Formerly his...

During this time, Madame Morrel had told her son everything. The young man knew quite well that,...

Two hours after he again landed at Pianosa, where he was assured that red partridges abounded. The...

As for his suspicions, once on terra firma, once that he had seen the indifferent, if not friendly,...

Ah, thus it is that our material origin is revealed, cried Sinbad; we frequently pass so near to...

Ah, yes, I understand, replied the patron, to find the entrance to the enchanted apartment. With...

Signor Pastrini, returned Franz, you are more susceptible than Cassandra, who was a prophetess, and...

But the chief, without taking the money, made a sign to him to follow. The old man obeyed. They...

Luigi pushed the stone behind her, for on the crest of a small adjacent hill which cut off the view...

As for Albert and Franz, they essayed not to escape from their ciceronian tyrants; and, indeed, it...

Worn out at length, he fell asleep at daybreak, and did not awake till late. Like a genuine...

Franz and the countess exchanged a smile, and then the latter resumed her conversation with Albert,...

Only to our host. Upon my return home I sent for him, and I then explained to him what I wished to...

Why so. In life, our greatest preoccupation is death; is it not then, curious to study the...

It was the first time Franz had ever seen a guillotine, we say guillotine, because the Roman mandaa...

As for the Count of Monte Cristo, he had never for an instant shown any appearance of having been...

In the evening, on his return, Franz found a letter from the embassy, informing him that he would...

Suddenly the bell that gives the signal for the end of the Carnival sounded, and at the same...

Franz and the count in their turn then advanced along the same path, which, at the distance of a...

My very good friend and excellent neighbor, replied the count, with a smile, you really exaggerate...

No; he merely came and freed me from the hands of Signor Vampa, where, I can assure you, in spite...

Yes, he has not much to complain of; Bourges is the capital of Charles VII. Do you not know that...

I think I can assist your researches, said Maximilian. Monte Cristo is a little island I have often...

No, monsieur, returned Monte Cristo upon the simple condition that they should respect myself and...

They descended to the first floor; Albert led his guest into the salon. The salon was filled with...

Believe me, madame, I feel most grateful for your kindness, but I got out of my travelling carriage...

The steward left the room with a faltering step, and returned with a bundle of bank notes, which...

I loved my brother tenderly, as I told your excellency, and I resolved not to send the money, but...

Alas, your excellency is right, replied Bertuccio, and God made this infant the instrument of our...

Wait whilst I light the lamp, said La Carconte; it is growing dark, and there may be some mistake....

Upon reaching the room below, I found five or six custom house officers, and two or three gendarmes...

After making the tour of the garden a second time, the count re entered his carriage, while...

The count turned round as he heard the entrance of Danglars into the room. With a slight...

In spite of the gross flattery and coarseness of this address, Madame Danglars could not forbear...

I beseech you, madame, replied Monte Cristo not to spoil Ali, either by too great praise or...

Monsieur, replied the count, with a chilling air, I am very happy to have been the means of...

It would have been so unquestionably, had not God given me so large a compensation. In contrast...

Come, come, said Maximilian, I will serve as your guide; such a man as you are ought not to be...

At these words the counts paleness, which had for some time been increasing, became alarming; he...

I will tell you, replied the young girl, for it is but right you should know. Well, on the day when...

No, madame, I did not say as much as that, replied the count with a smile; quite the contrary. I...

Do you know, my dear count, she said, that you are a very terrible reasoner, and that you look at...

My good fellow, said Chteau Renaud, the count is your friend and you treat him accordingly. Do not...

Some days after this meeting, Albert de Morcerf visited the Count of Monte Cristo at his house in...

By no means. He is a perfect nobleman, very polite, modest, and agreeable, such as may be found...

Certainly, I will do so, said the young man, with a quickness which gave proof of his ready...

Our readers must now allow us to transport them again to the enclosure surrounding M. de Villeforts...

He is, as you see, a very valuable animal, said Maximilian. You know that my means are limited, and...

Then the idea of this marriage really grieves you too. Ah, if you could but help me if we could...

Nothing, sir; it is a resolution which my father has taken and I know he never alters his mind. I...

My husband has given me his word, sir, said Madame de Villefort; you have just seen him resolve to...

The baroness did not wait for a repetition; she ran to her husband, who immediately hastened to his...

Stop. You are in a shocking hurry to be off you forget one of my guests. Lean a little to the left....

The evening passed on; Madame de Villefort expressed a desire to return to Paris, which Madame...

It was evident that Madame Danglars was suffering from that nervous irritability which women...

I mean that M. de Nargonne, your first husband, being neither a philosopher nor a banker, or...

There was a great deal going on that morning, and many business like persons at the Palais;...

I ran to the hospital, and learned that the same night the night of the 20th of September a child...

Yes; he is at work in his library, but he expects you, sir, replied the valet. The stranger...

Many men might have been handsomer, but certainly there could be none whose appearance was more...

He drew back the bolt of his door, and almost directly an old lady entered, unannounced, carrying...

Antoinette is very well, he said, and Madeleine tolerably so. But you sent for me, my dear child....

No, said Maximilian, you shall not leave him. M. Noirtier has evinced, you say, a kind feeling...

The moon had just then escaped from behind the cloud which had concealed it, and Morrel saw...

I will go, continued Maximilian, I will seek M. Franz dpinay I am happy to be able to mention this...

Thus, the future father and son in law stepped into the same carriage, and Morrel, seeing them...

Sir, said the president, you have been invited to join this assembly you were not forced here; it...

It was then, especially while conversing with Madame Danglars, and apparently absorbed by the charm...

Certainly there are. Hayde is a very uncommon name in France, but is common enough in Albania and...

Here Hayde cast a significant glance at Monte Cristo, whose eyes had been riveted on her...

After all the disclosures which were made this morning, M. Noirtier de Villefort must see the utter...

A tremor of suppressed rage shook the whole frame of the count, and making a violent effort over...

Well, said Beauchamp, here is my answer, my dear sir. The article was not inserted by me I was not...

Take this, said Madame de Villefort, giving her smelling bottle to Valentine. They will, no doubt,...

M. de Villefort, replied the doctor, with increased vehemence, there are occasions when I dispense...

It is humiliating, said he, thus to receive money given grudgingly, an uncertain supply which may...

Two hours passed thus. It was intensely dark; still Ali, thanks to his wild nature, and the count,...

Listen, continued the abb. When you had betrayed your friend, God began not to strike, but to warn...

Well, said Beauchamp. Then, seeing the young man was about to relapse into melancholy, Let us go...

While the count picked up the paper he put spurs to his horse, which leaped in astonishment at such...

A murmur of approbation ran through the assembly; and at this moment, Albert, had nothing more...

Well, then, you understand, Beauchamp, that we begin our search immediately. Each moments delay is...

Chteau Renaud was at his post; apprised by Beauchamp of the circumstances, he required no...

Ah, sir. cried the countess, how terrible a vengeance for a fault which fatality made me commit....

I do this, Oh, my God, said he, with his eyes raised to heaven, as much for thy honor as for mine....

Thank you, gentlemen, replied Albert, with a smile of indifference; I shall follow your advice not...

Monte Cristo was beginning to think, what he had not for a long time dared to believe, that there...

Cheer up, said she to Noirtier. Do not be alarmed, Maximilian; it is nothing, and has already...

And what is it to me. replied Monte Cristo, shrugging his shoulders; do I know those people. and...

I quite understand why you ask, sir, said Eugnie, making a sign that her father might be seated,...

This is the way such affairs are generally arranged when it is wished to do them stylishly. Your...

And the young girl, kneeling on the top, pressed the two parts of the portmanteau together, and...

This was the plan which had appealed to him to afford the best chance of his security. Before...

Unfortunately, in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, and so is...

During the daytime Valentines perceptions remained tolerably clear, owing to the constant presence...

There was no fear of her falling asleep. One terrible idea pressed upon her mind, that someone...

Then she went to the fireplace and lit the fire, and although she had just left her bed, she could...

And I say that murders are committed here, said Morrel, whose voice, though lower in tone, lost...

Still, he ought to have been here, said Debray; I wonder what will be talked about tonight; this...

Five minutes after the door had been closed on Morrels entrance, it was again opened for the count....

Ah, said Morrel, falling from the height of excitement to the abyss of despair ah, you are playing...

Above the room in which Debray had been dividing two millions and a half with Madame Danglars was...

A man was hidden in Lafittes banking house, behind one of the little arched windows which are...

While doing so, he observed M. Noirtier at one of the open windows, where the old man had been...

In the eyes of many, Benedetto appeared, if not a victim to, at least an instance of, the...

Gentlemen, I assure you I had no idea of insulting the court, or of making a useless disturbance in...

A folded paper fell from Edwards breast. Villefort, thunderstruck, fell upon his knees; the child...

The journey was performed with that marvellous rapidity which the unlimited power of the count ever...

You well know, Edmond, that I am no longer a reasoning creature; I have no will, unless it be the...

This is where the mad abb was kept, sir, and that is where the young man entered; and the guide...

Ten minutes afterwards the baron entered his apartment, and Peppino stationed himself on the bench...

Yes, yes, he murmured, I am in the hands of the brigands of whom Albert de Morcerf spoke. His first...

According to the counts directions, Danglars was waited on by Vampa, who brought him the best wine...