1 Some one approached the bed and drew back the curtains.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 101. Locusta. 2 A dull and dismal light was shed over the bedclothes and curtains surrounding the young girl.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 102. Valentine. 3 Another remained motionless behind some red curtains which were in Madame de Villefort's bedroom.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 4 He glanced around, looked in the bed, shook the curtains, opened the closets, and finally stopped at the chimney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern. 5 As he thought thus, he looked alternately at the window with red curtains and the three windows with white curtains.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 6 The ballet at length came to a close, and the curtain fell amid the loud, unanimous plaudits of an enthusiastic and delighted audience.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 7 A bed without curtains, four arm-chairs, and a couch, covered with yellow Utrecht velvet, composed, with a prie-Dieu, all its furniture.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 69. The Inquiry. 8 The songs of the birds were heard in an aviary hard by, and the branches of laburnums and rose acacias formed an exquisite framework to the blue velvet curtains.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 50. The Morrel Family. 9 Splendid paintings by the first masters were ranged against the walls, intermingled with magnificent trophies of war, while heavy curtains of costly tapestry were suspended before the different doors of the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 10 An overpowering sadness took possession of the young man, his hands relaxed their hold, the objects in the room gradually lost their form and color, and his disturbed vision seemed to perceive doors and curtains open in the walls.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October. 11 As he spoke, he sprang into the vehicle, the door was closed, but not so rapidly that Monte Cristo failed to perceive the almost imperceptible movement which stirred the curtains of the apartment in which he had left Madame de Morcerf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 12 Madame de Villefort, however, reassured by the silence, which was alone disturbed by the regular breathing of Valentine, again extended her hand, and half hidden by the curtains succeeded in emptying the contents of the phial into the glass.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 101. Locusta. 13 The curtain at length fell on the performances, to the infinite satisfaction of the Viscount of Morcerf, who seized his hat, rapidly passed his fingers through his hair, arranged his cravat and wristbands, and signified to Franz that he was waiting for him to lead the way.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 14 Villefort, pale and agitated, ran to the window, put aside the curtain, and saw him pass, cool and collected, by two or three ill-looking men at the corner of the street, who were there, perhaps, to arrest a man with black whiskers, and a blue frock-coat, and hat with broad brim.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 12. Father and Son. 15 Monte Cristo, in taking the seat Morcerf offered him, placed himself in such a manner as to remain concealed in the shadow of the large velvet curtains, and read on the careworn and livid features of the count a whole history of secret griefs written in each wrinkle time had planted there.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 16 To a Parisian accustomed to silken curtains, walls hung with velvet drapery, and the soft perfume of burning wood, the white smoke of which diffuses itself in graceful curves around the room, the appearance of the whitewashed cell which greeted his eyes on awakening seemed like the continuation of some disagreeable dream.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare. 17 The magistrate was seated in an arm-chair, writing, with his back towards the door; he did not move as he heard it open, and the door-keeper pronounce the words, "Walk in, madame," and then reclose it; but no sooner had the man's footsteps ceased, than he started up, drew the bolts, closed the curtains, and examined every corner of the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney. Your search result possibly is over 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.