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1  Scarcely had Ali disappeared when the valet entered the chamber.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.
2  Scarcely had he uttered those words than Madame Morrel entered weeping bitterly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
3  Scarcely had they entered, when she motioned to Franz to assume the seat of honor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
4  Scarcely had a few seconds elapsed, ere he saw everything as distinctly as by daylight.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
5  The day passed thus; he scarcely tasted food, but walked round and round the cell like a wild beast in its cage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
6  Scarcely had it reached them, ere the boy, though still pale as marble, opened his eyes, and eagerly gazed around him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
7  He had scarcely done so before the door opened, and the jailer saw the prisoner seated as usual on the side of his bed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
8  By a movement for which he could scarcely account to himself, the young Catalan placed his hand on the knife at his belt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
9  Scarcely, however, had he touched Edmond's hand than he felt he had done all he could do, and rushed hastily out of the house.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
10  In the centre of the cell, in a circle traced with a fragment of plaster detached from the wall, sat a man whose tattered garments scarcely covered him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
11  Scarcely had I covered it with earth, when the arm of the Corsican was stretched towards me; I saw a shadow rise, and, at the same time, a flash of light.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
12  Scarcely was the count alone, when he drew from his pocket a book closed with a lock, and opened it with a key which he wore round his neck, and which never left him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio.
13  Scarcely had he entered the hall when he glanced at the whole body of magistrates and assistants; his eye rested longer on the president, and still more so on the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 110. The Indictment.
14  Scarcely had he shut her door, when Mercedes called a confidential servant, and ordered him to follow Albert wherever he should go that evening, and to come and tell her immediately what he observed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 88. The Insult.
15  Scarcely, however, had they gone a quarter of a league when, having killed a kid, he begged Jacopo to take it to his comrades, and request them to cook it, and when ready to let him know by firing a gun.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
16  made but a faint attempt to parry this unexpected blow; the monarchy he had scarcely reconstructed tottered on its precarious foundation, and at a sign from the emperor the incongruous structure of ancient prejudices and new ideas fell to the ground.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
17  Well, I selected the cartilages of the heads of these fishes, and you can scarcely imagine the delight with which I welcomed the arrival of each Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, as affording me the means of increasing my stock of pens; for I will freely confess that my historical labors have been my greatest solace and relief.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
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