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1  Then he had a moment's hesitation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal.
2  The count frowned, apparently in gloomy hesitation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
3  At last, after renewed hesitation, Dantes entered the second grotto.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
4  "Yes, sir" replied the stranger with a slight hesitation, and blushing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
5  "An unhappy prisoner," replied Dantes, who made no hesitation in answering.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
6  "Forty," said Andrea, after a moment's hesitation, at the end of which he remembered that he might safely promise.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
7  Your father did not hesitate an instant, and the sum was sent to the frontier of Piedmont, with a passport signed for Italy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti.
8  And slowly, though without any hesitation, only waiting to press the count's hand fervently, he swallowed the mysterious substance offered by Monte Cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
9  If the poor lad were living, and came to me and begged that I would candidly tell which were his true and which his false friends, why, perhaps, I should not hesitate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
10  If any one could have looked into the room just then he would have noticed the hesitation with which Madame de Villefort approached the bed and looked fixedly on Valentine.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 102. Valentine.
11  The messenger obeyed without the least hesitation, but rather with alacrity, and, mounting the steps at a bound, entered the hotel; five seconds afterwards he was at the door of the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
12  He arrived at his usual hour, with a proud look and insolent demeanor; he alighted, passed through the corridors, and entered the house without observing the hesitation of the door-keepers or the coolness of his colleagues.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
13  And his appearance had nothing extraordinary in it; but the hesitation with which he proceeded, stopping and listening with anxious attention at every step he took, convinced Franz that he expected the arrival of some person.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
14  The similarity in the symptoms of tetanus and poisoning by vegetable substances is so great, that were I obliged to affirm by oath what I have now stated, I should hesitate; I therefore repeat to you, I speak not to a magistrate, but to a friend.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
15  We need scarcely say that all the paths of the mountain were known to Vampa; he therefore went forward without a moment's hesitation, although there was no beaten track, but he knew his path by looking at the trees and bushes, and thus they kept on advancing for nearly an hour and a half.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
16  Fearing, however, to make use of any valuable piece of paper, I hesitated for a moment, then recollected that I had seen in the famous breviary, which was on the table beside me, an old paper quite yellow with age, and which had served as a marker for centuries, kept there by the request of the heirs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
17  Madame Danglars had until then, perhaps, hoped for something; but when she saw the careless bow of Debray, and the glance by which it was accompanied, together with his significant silence, she raised her head, and without passion or violence or even hesitation, ran down-stairs, disdaining to address a last farewell to one who could thus part from her.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
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