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1  I regret not having heard them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
2  The noise of the door did not awaken her, and Monte Cristo gazed at her with affectionate regret.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
3  No, it is not existence, then, that I regret, but the ruin of projects so slowly carried out, so laboriously framed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
4  A thousand thanks," said the count, "your invitation is most gracious, and I regret exceedingly that it is not in my power to accept it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.
5  He saw in the young man his natural successor, and regretted that he had not a daughter, that he might have bound Edmond to him by a more secure alliance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
6  de Saint-Meran and the dangerous illness of his widow would cast a gloom over the meeting which she would regret should be shared by the count whom she wished every happiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
7  Then Albert launched out in praise of Mademoiselle Danglars' voice, and on his regret, after what he had just heard, that he had been unable to be present the previous evening.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
8  Then she grasped the front hair, which she also cut off, without expressing the least regret; on the contrary, her eyes sparkled with greater pleasure than usual under her ebony eyebrows.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
9  They all left, in spite of prayers and entreaties, testifying their regret at leaving so good a master and mistress, and especially Mademoiselle Valentine, so good, so kind, and so gentle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 80. The Accusation.
10  Monte Cristo bowed without making any answer; he accepted the offer without enthusiasm and without regret, as one of those conventions of society which every gentleman looks upon as a duty.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
11  Cavalcanti, as the count's father, who highly approved of the union, regretted his inability to leave Parma at that time, and promised a wedding gift of a hundred and fifty thousand livres.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.
12  She is a remarkable woman, and I only regret that there does not exist another like her, about twenty years younger; in that case, I assure you, there would very soon be a Countess and Viscountess of Morcerf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.
13  Sir," said Franz, "I regret much that such a question has been raised in the presence of Mademoiselle Valentine; I have never inquired the amount of her fortune, which, however limited it may be, exceeds mine.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 74. The Villefort Family Vault.
14  I must, however, do him the justice to add that he assured me if ever he had regretted the repugnance he felt to such a step it was on this occasion, because he thought the projected union would be a happy and suitable one.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
15  The woman whom the count had seen leave the ship with so much regret entered this house; she had scarcely closed the door after her when Monte Cristo appeared at the corner of a street, so that he found and lost her again almost at the same instant.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
16  Franz hastened to inquire after the count, and to express regret that he had not returned in sufficient time; but Pastrini reassured him by saying that the Count of Monte Cristo had ordered a second carriage for himself, and that it had gone at four o'clock to fetch him from the Rospoli Palace.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
17  Unfortunately, in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, and so is prevented from seeing in the same light as others, and Madame Danglars, therefore, very much regretted that the marriage of Eugenie had not taken place, not only because the match was good, and likely to insure the happiness of her child, but because it would also set her at liberty.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 99. The Law.
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