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1  de Caderousse was murdered by his friend Benedetto.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 109. The Assizes.
2  I die, murdered by the Corsican Benedetto, my comrade in the galleys at Toulouse, No.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 83. The Hand of God.
3  No one could guess what the dirty rag could be; I alone suspected that it was the waistcoat of the murdered man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 96. The Contract.
4  I did all in my power to discover the murderers, but no one durst tell me their names, so much were they dreaded.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
5  Often, before his captivity, Dantes' mind had revolted at the idea of assemblages of prisoners, made up of thieves, vagabonds, and murderers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
6  As I entered Nimes, I literally waded in blood; at every step you encountered dead bodies and bands of murderers, who killed, plundered, and burned.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
7  Then, turning to his desk, he said, striking the letter with the back of his right hand, "Come, I had a forgery, three robberies, and two cases of arson, I only wanted a murder, and here it is."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 99. The Law.
8  And yet you pity a man who, without being bitten by one of his race, has yet murdered his benefactor; and who, now unable to kill any one, because his hands are bound, wishes to see his companion in captivity perish.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.
9  They are ignorant of the consequences of the murder; they see neither the police commissary with his badge of office, nor the corporal with his four men; and so the poor fools believe that the whole thing is as easy as lying.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
10  In proof of this we have signed this paper to establish the truth of the facts, lest the moment should arrive when either of the actors in this terrible scene should be accused of premeditated murder or of infringement of the laws of honor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
11  The murdered man lay on the floor, his head leaning against the wall, and about him was a pool of blood which poured forth from three large wounds in his breast; there was a fourth gash, in which a long table knife was plunged up to the handle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
12  But three weeks had already passed, and the most diligent search had been unsuccessful; the attempted robbery and the murder of the robber by his comrade were almost forgotten in anticipation of the approaching marriage of Mademoiselle Danglars to the Count Andrea Cavalcanti.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.
13  Rest assured, gentlemen, that within three days, in a less time than justice would demand, the revenge I shall have taken for the murder of my child will be such as to make the boldest heart tremble; and as he spoke these words he ground his teeth, and grasped the old man's senseless hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 103. Maximilian.
14  In the interim it pleased providence to cause the apprehension of Caderousse, who was discovered in some distant country, and brought back to France, where he made a full confession, refusing to make the fact of his wife's having suggested and arranged the murder any excuse for his own guilt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
15  I am satisfied, madame, that he did what I have told you; besides, that is not much more odious than that a Frenchman by adoption should pass over to the English; that a Spaniard by birth should have fought against the Spaniards; that a stipendiary of Ali should have betrayed and murdered Ali.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
16  I had been told that you had endeavored to escape; that you had taken the place of another prisoner; that you had slipped into the winding sheet of a dead body; that you had been thrown alive from the top of the Chateau d'If, and that the cry you uttered as you dashed upon the rocks first revealed to your jailers that they were your murderers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
17  When they spoke, although Teresa listened timidly and with downcast eyes to the conversation of her cavalier, as Luigi could read in the ardent looks of the good-looking young man that his language was that of praise, it seemed as if the whole world was turning round with him, and all the voices of hell were whispering in his ears ideas of murder and assassination.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
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