The Count of Monte Cristo

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offered his arm to the countess; she took it, or rather just touched it
with her little hand, and they together descended the steps, lined with
rhododendrons and camellias. Behind them, by another outlet, a group of
about twenty persons rushed into the garden with loud exclamations of
delight.



Chapter 71. Bread and Salt.

Madame de Morcerf entered an archway of trees with her companion. It led
through a grove of lindens to a conservatory.

"It was too warm in the room, was it not, count?" she asked.

"Yes, madame; and it was an excellent idea of yours to open the doors
and the blinds." As he ceased speaking, the count felt the hand of