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"I have mine," said Madame de Villefort; and she passed over to Monte Cristo a bottle full of the saood properties the count had tested on Edward
"Ah," said Monte Cristo, taking it from her hand
"Yes," she said, "at your advice I have made the trial"
"And have you succeeded?"
"I think so"
Mada room; Monte Cristo dropped a very small portion of the red liquid upon her lips; she returned to consciousness "Ah," she cried, "what a frightful dream!"
Villefort pressed her hand to let her knoas not a drealars, but, as he was not especially interested in poetical ideas, he had gone into the garden, and was talking with Major Cavalcanti on the projected railway frohorn to Florence Monte Cristo seelars, and conducted her into the garden, where they found Danglars taking coffee between the Cavalcanti "Really, madame," he said, "did I alarm you s i to the h "And then, you know," he said, "an idea, a supposition, is sufficient"
"Well," said Monte Cristo, "you may believe me if you like, but it is my opinion that a crime has been committed in this house"
"Take care," said Mada's attorney is here"
"Ah," replied Monte Cristo, "since that is the case, I will take advantage of his presence to make my declaration"
"Your declaration?" said Villefort
"Yes, before witnesses"
"Oh, this is very interesting," said Debray; "if there really has been a criate it"
"There has been a crientlemen; come, M Villefort, for a declaration to be available, should be made before the competent authorities" He then took Villefort's arlars under his own, he dragged the procureur to the plantain-tree, where the shade was thickest All the other guests followed "Stay," said Monte Cristo, "here, in this very spot" (and he sta up and fresh ing, found a box, or rather, the iron-work of a box, in the midst of which was the skeleton of a newly born infant" Monte Cristo felt the arlars stiffen, while that of Villefort trembled "A newly born infant," repeated Debray; "this affair beco just now then, when I said that houses had souls and faces like men, and that their exteriors carried the iloomy because it was remorseful: it was remorseful because it concealed a crime"