The Count of Monte Cristo

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to my cash. M. Debray has made me lose 700,000 francs; let him bear his
share of the loss, and we will go on as before; if not, let him become
bankrupt for the 250,000 livres, and do as all bankrupts do--disappear.
He is a charming fellow, I allow, when his news is correct; but when
it is not, there are fifty others in the world who would do better than
he."

Madame Danglars was rooted to the spot; she made a violent effort
to reply to this last attack, but she fell upon a chair thinking of
Villefort, of the dinner scene, of the strange series of misfortunes
which had taken place in her house during the last few days, and changed
the usual calm of her establishment to a scene of scandalous debate.
Danglars did not even look at her, though she did her best to faint.
He shut the bedroom door after him, without adding another word, and
returned to his apartments; and when Madame Danglars recovered from her
half-fainting condition, she could almost believe that she had had a
disagreeable dream.