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The baroness was partially reclining on a sofa, Eugenie sat near her, and Cavalcanti was standing Cavalcanti, dressed in black, like one of Goethe's heroes, with varnished shoes and white silk open-worked stockings, passed a white and tolerably nice-looking hand through his light hair, and so displayed a sparkling dia er This lances at Madehs launched in the salars was still the salances, nor one sigh, was lost on her; they ht have been said to fall on the shield of Minerva, which some philosophers assert protected soenie bowed coldly to the count, and availed herself of the first moment when the conversation became earnest to escape to her study, whence very soon two cheerful and noisy voices being heard in connection with occasional notes of the piano assured Monte Cristo that Madelars preferred to his society and to that of M Cavalcanti the co teacher

It was then, especially while conversing with Madalars, and apparently absorbed by the charm of the conversation, that the count noticed M Andrea Cavalcanti's solicitude, histo thehis admiration The banker soon returned His first look was certainly directed towards Monte Cristo, but the second was for Andrea As for his wife, he bowed to her, as some husbands do to their wives, but in a way that bachelors will never coal life

"Have not the ladies invited you to join thelars to Andrea "Alas, no, sir," replied Andrea with a sigh, still lars immediately advanced towards the door and opened it

The two young ladies were seen seated on the sa themselves, each with one hand, a fancy to which they had accustomed themselves, and performed admirably Madeh the open doorway, forenie one of the tableaux vivants of which the Germans are so fond She was somewhat beautiful, and exquisitely for on her neck, which was rather too long, as Perugino soue She was said to have a weak chest, and like Antonia in the "Cre Monte Cristo cast one rapid and curious glance round this sanctum; it was the first time he had ever seen Mademoiselle d'Armilly, of whohter, "are we then all to be excluded?" He then led the young man into the study, and either by chance or manoeuvre the door was partially closed after Andrea, so that from the place where they sat neither the Count nor the baroness could see anything; but as the banker had accolars appeared to take no notice of it