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"Just as they were sitting down to table, M de Monte Cristo arrived He took his seat ast them; they played, and I won I aains aht I could not defer my pleasure, so I took a cabriolet and drove to the horse dealer's Feverish and excited, I rang at the door The person who opened it must have taken me for a mad at the rack, eating his hay I immediately put on the saddle and bridle, to which operation he lent hi the 4,500 francs into the hands of the astonished dealer, I proceeded to fulfilin the Chaht in one of the s, and fancied I saw the shadow of his figurebehind the curtain Now, Valentine, I firmly believe that he knew of ivehim"

"My dear Maximilian, you are really too fanciful; you will not love evenA man who accustoination must find far too little excitement in a common, every-day sort of attach ive , one finger, the littlest finger of all, that Iit"

"Maximilian, we said ould be to each other as two voices, two shadows"

"As you will, Valentine"

"Shall you be happy if I do what you wish?"

"Oh, yes!" Valentine er but her whole hand through the opening Maxi forwards, seized the hand extended towards him, and imprinted on it a fervent and impassioned kiss The little hand was then i towards the house, as though she were almost terrified at her own sensations