The Count of Monte Cristo

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"And what did you do then?"

"M. de Saint-Meran had always expressed a desire, in case his death
happened during his absence from Paris, that his body might be brought
to the family vault. I had him put into a leaden coffin, and I am
preceding him by a few days."

"Oh, my poor mother," said Villefort, "to have such duties to perform at
your age after such a blow!"

"God has supported me through all; and then, my dear marquis, he would
certainly have done everything for me that I performed for him. It is
true that since I left him, I seem to have lost my senses. I cannot cry;
at my age they say that we have no more tears,--still I think that
when one is in trouble one should have the power of weeping. Where
is Valentine, sir? It is on her account I am here; I wish to see
Valentine." Villefort thought it would be terrible to reply that