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Expressing surprise at not having yet heard fronon, in answer to the questions proposed to hi the estates of the late Madame Montoni, he, with friendly

zeal, endeavoured to cheer E her claim

to them; while she felt, that the estates could now contribute little to

the happiness of a life, in which Valancourt had no longer an interest

When they returned to the chateau, Emily retired to her apartment, and

Count De Villefort to the door of the north cha now determined to arouse Ludovico, he renewed his

calls more loudly than before, after which a total silence ensued, and

the Count, finding all his efforts to be heard ineffectual, at length

began to fear, that soinary being ht have deprived of his senses He, therefore,

left the door with an intention of su his servants to force it

open, so in the lower part of the chateau

To the Count's enquiries, whether they had seen or heard Ludovico, they

replied in affright, that not one of them had ventured on the north side

of the chateau, since the preceding night

'He sleeps soundly then,' said the Count, 'and is at such a distance

froain admittance to the

cha an instrument, and