The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Let me think a moment. I do assure you, grandpapa--Ah--M. and Madame de
Villefort have just left this room, have they not?"

"Yes."

"And it was they who told you something which made you angry? What
was it then? May I go and ask them, that I may have the opportunity of
making my peace with you?"

"No, no," said Noirtier's look.

"Ah, you frighten me. What can they have said?" and she again tried to
think what it could be.

"Ah, I know," said she, lowering her voice and going close to the old
man. "They have been speaking of my marriage,--have they not?"