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1  He fell back cursing with rage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
2  Instinctively Fernand drew back his chair.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
3  Villefort shuddered at the suggestion; but he had gone too far to draw back.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
4  The scene of the previous night now came back to his mind with startling clearness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
5  He moved away, walked up and down his cell to collect his thoughts, and then went back and listened.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
6  Fernand, pale and trembling, drew back, like a traveller at the sight of a serpent, and fell into a chair beside him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
7  Villefort fell back on his chair, passed his hand over his brow, moist with perspiration, and, for the third time, read the letter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
8  The young man obeyed, mounted on the table, and, divining the wishes of his companion, placed his back securely against the wall and held out both hands.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
9  But it seems you have come back rich, my boy, continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantes had thrown on the table.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. Father and Son.
10  When they had advanced about twenty yards, Danglars looked back and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting it into his pocket then rush out of the arbor towards Pillon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
11  Edmond had all the night to work in, but in the darkness he could not do much, and he soon felt that he was working against something very hard; he pushed back his bed, and waited for day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
12  These few words were uttered with an accent that left no doubt of his sincerity; Dantes rose, dispersed the fragments with the same precaution as before, and pushed his bed back against the wall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
13  After their departure, Fernand, who had now again become the friend and protector of Mercedes, led the girl to her home, while the friends of Dantes conducted the now half-fainting man back to his abode.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
14  Villefort had, as we have said, hastened back to Madame de Saint-Meran's in the Place du Grand Cours, and on entering the house found that the guests whom he had left at table were taking coffee in the salon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal.
15  At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand's look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
16  Villefort leaned on the back of an arm-chair, for as the minister of police went on speaking he felt his legs bend under him; but when he learned that the unknown had escaped the vigilance of the agent who followed him, he breathed again.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
17  In a moment that part of the floor on which Dantes was resting his two hands, as he knelt with his head in the opening, suddenly gave way; he drew back smartly, while a mass of stones and earth disappeared in a hole that opened beneath the aperture he himself had formed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
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