The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Now it is you who are unjust, Maximilian," cried Valentine; "but there
is one thing I wish to know."

"And what is that?" inquired the young man, perceiving that Valentine
hesitated.

"Tell me truly, Maximilian, whether in former days, when our fathers
dwelt at Marseilles, there was ever any misunderstanding between them?"

"Not that I am aware of," replied the young man, "unless, indeed, any
ill-feeling might have arisen from their being of opposite parties--your
father was, as you know, a zealous partisan of the Bourbons, while mine
was wholly devoted to the emperor; there could not possibly be any other
difference between them. But why do you ask?"

"I will tell you," replied the young girl, "for it is but right you
should know. Well, on the day when your appointment as an officer of the