The Count of Monte Cristo

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gloomy, blood-colored drapery! And those two crayon portraits, that have
faded from the dampness; do they not seem to say, with their pale
lips and staring eyes, 'We have seen'?" Villefort became livid; Madame
Danglars fell into a long seat placed near the chimney. "Oh," said
Madame de Villefort, smiling, "are you courageous enough to sit down
upon the very seat perhaps upon which the crime was committed?" Madame
Danglars rose suddenly.

"And then," said Monte Cristo, "this is not all."

"What is there more?" said Debray, who had not failed to notice the
agitation of Madame Danglars.

"Ah, what else is there?" said Danglars; "for, at present, I cannot
say that I have seen anything extraordinary. What do you say, M.
Cavalcanti?"