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"Wo on ht to blush? Well, be it so; let me blush for the faults you know, and perhaps--perhaps for evensinned myself,--it may be more deeply than others,--I never rest till I have torn the disguises from my fellow-creatures, and found out their weaknesses I have always found them; and more,--I repeat it with joy, with triumph,--I have always found some proof of human perversity or error Every cri evidence that I am not a hideous exception to the rest Alas, alas, alas; all the world is wicked; let us therefore strike at wickedness!"

Villefort pronounced these last words with a feverish rage, which gave a ferocious eloquence to his words

"But"' said Mada h a murderer, is an orphan, abandoned by everybody"

"So much the worse, or rather, so much the better; it has been so ordained that heon the weak, sir"

"The weakness of a murderer!"

"His dishonor reflects upon us"

"Is not death in my house?"

"Oh, sir," exclaimed the baroness, "you are without pity for others, well, then, I tell you they will have nohis arms to heaven

"At least, delay the trial till the next assizes; we shall then have six months before us"

"No, iven There are yet five days left; five days arefor forgetfulness? While working night and day, I sometimes lose all recollection of the past, and then I experience the saine the dead feel; still, it is better than suffering"

"But, sir, he has fled; let him escape--inaction is a pardonable offence"

"I tell you it is too late; early this raph was employed, and at this verythe rooht this despatch from the minister of the interior" Villefort seized the letter, and hastily broke the seal Madalars trembled with fear; Villefort started with joy "Arrested!" he exclailars rose from her seat, pale and cold "Adieu, sir," she said "Adieu, 's attorney, as in an al to his desk, he said, striking the letter with the back of his right hand, "Coery, three robberies, and two cases of arson, I only wanted a murder, and here it is It will be a splendid session!"