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"It is probable," sta to s to do with any such proceeding This house is part of Valentine's e-portion, and M de Saint-Meran wished to sell it; for if it had remained another year or two uninhabited it would have fallen to ruin" It was Morrel's turn to become pale

"There was, above all, one roo with red damask, which, I know not why, appeared to lars; "why dramatic?"

"Can we account for instinct?" said Monte Cristo "Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness?--e cannot tell It is a chain of recollections--an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places--which, very likely, have no connection with the present ti in this room which rees [] or Desdemona Stay, since we have finished dinner, I will show it to you, and then ill take coffee in the garden After dinner, the play" Monte Cristo looked inquiringly at his guests Madame de Villefort rose, Monte Cristo did the same, and the rest followed their exalars remained for a moment, as if rooted to their seats; they questioned each other with vague and stupid glances "Did you hear?" said Madaes, was one of the famous women of the court of Louis XIV where she was known as "La Belle Provencale" She was theof the Marquise de Castellane when shethe misfortune to excite the enmity of her new brothers-in-laas forced by them to take poison; and they finished her off with pistol and dagger--Ed

"Wehis arm The others, attracted by curiosity, were already scattered in different parts of the house; for they thought the visit would not be limited to the one room, and that, at the sa, of which Monte Cristo had created a palace Each one went out by the open doors Monte Cristo waited for the tho reht up the rear, and on his face was a smile, which, if they could have understood it, would have alarmed them much more than a visit to the rooh the apartments, many of which were fitted up in the Eastern style, with cushions and divans instead of beds, and pipes instead of furniture The drawing-rooms were decorated with the rarest pictures by the oldwith draperies fron, and wonderful texture At length they arrived at the fa that, although daylight had disappeared, it was not lighted, and everything in it was old-fashioned, while the rest of the rooive it a gloohtful" Madalars tried to utter a feords, but was not heard Many observations were made, the import of which was a unani sinister about the rooe cluloomy, blood-colored drapery! And those two crayon portraits, that have faded from the dampness; do they not see eyes, 'We have seen'?" Villefort beca seat placed near the chieous enough to sit down upon the very seat perhaps upon which the crilars rose suddenly