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In a quarter of an hour he was entering the house in the Rue du Helder As he alighted, he thought he saw his father's pale face behind the curtain of the count's bedrooh, and went to his own apart look on all the luxuries which had rendered life so easy and so happy since his infancy; he looked at the pictures, whose faces seemed to shter colors Then he took away his ilt fraed all his beautiful Turkish aruns, his Japanese china, his cups mounted in silver, his artistic bronzes by Feucheres and Barye; examined the cupboards, and placed the key in each; threw into a drawer of his secretary, which he left open, all the pocket-money he had about him, and with it the thousand fancy jewels from his vases and his jewel-boxes; then he , and placed it in theaside the books and papers which had collected there

At the beginning of this work, his servant, notwithstanding orders to the contrary, came to his room "What do you want?" asked he, with a ry tone "Pardon me, sir," replied the valet; "you had forbidden me to disturb you, but the Count of Morcerf has called o to hi you"

"Why?"

"Because the count is doubtless aware that I acco"

"It is probable," said Albert

"And since he has sent for me, it is doubtless to question me on what happened there What must I answer?"

"The truth"

"Then I shall say the duel did not take place?"

"You will say I apologized to the Count of Monte Cristo Go"

The valet bowed and retired, and Albert returned to his inventory As he was finishing this work, the sound of horses prancing in the yard, and the wheels of a carriage shaking his , attracted his attention He approached the , and saw his father get into it, and drive away The door was scarcely closed when Albert bent his steps to histhere to announce him, he advanced to her bed-chauessed, stopped for one moment at the door As if the sa the sa was in order,--laces, dresses, jewels, linen, ed in the drawers, and the countess was carefully collecting the keys Albert saw all these preparations and understood the, "My mother!" he threw his arms around her neck