The Count of Monte Cristo

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pulse to ninety beats a minute until the deed is done."

"But M. d'Epinay, unlike you, bears his misfortune patiently."

"Still more, he talks seriously about the matter, puts on a white tie,
and speaks of his family. He entertains a very high opinion of M. and
Madame de Villefort."

"Which they deserve, do they not?"

"I believe they do. M. de Villefort has always passed for a severe but a
just man."

"There is, then, one," said Monte Cristo, "whom you do not condemn like
poor Danglars?"

"Because I am not compelled to marry his daughter perhaps," replied