1 Villefort understood the king's intent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre. 2 "And scratches himself for amusement," added the king.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 3 The king was seated in the same place where the duke had left him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 4 "Caninus surdis," replied the king, continuing the annotations in his Horace.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 5 Villefort bowed, and advancing a few steps, waited until the king should interrogate him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 6 It required all Villefort's coolness not to betray the terror with which this declaration of the king inspired him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre. 7 de Blacas returned as speedily as he had departed, but in the ante-chamber he was forced to appeal to the king's authority.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 8 de Breze, who was all astonishment at finding that this young man had the audacity to enter before the king in such attire.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 9 I am, sir," said the king, much agitated; "and recently we have had information that the Bonapartist clubs have had meetings in the Rue Saint-Jacques.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 10 As the police minister related this to the king, Villefort, who looked as if his very life hung on the speaker's lips, turned alternately red and pale.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre. 11 "Speak as fully as you please, sir," said the king, who began to give way to the emotion which had showed itself in Blacas's face and affected Villefort's voice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 12 de Villefort, resumed the king, addressing the young man, who, motionless and breathless, was listening to a conversation on which depended the destiny of a kingdom.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre. 13 The minister of police thanked the young man by an eloquent look, and Villefort understood that he had succeeded in his design; that is to say, that without forfeiting the gratitude of the king, he had made a friend of one on whom, in case of necessity, he might rely.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre. 14 The only difference consists in the opposite character of the equality advocated by these two men; one is the equality that elevates, the other is the equality that degrades; one brings a king within reach of the guillotine, the other elevates the people to a level with the throne.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 15 He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king; and besides her personal attractions, which were very great, Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran's family possessed considerable political influence, which they would, of course, exert in his favor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 16 The honorable, the king's attorney, is informed by a friend of the throne and religion, that one Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, arrived this morning from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist committee in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 4. Conspiracy. 17 'The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religions institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris.
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