The Count of Monte Cristo

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All this was said with such exceeding rapidity, that there was something
in the conversation that seemed like the beginning of delirium.

"It shall be as you wish, madame," said Villefort; "more especially
since your wishes coincide with mine, and as soon as M. d'Epinay arrives
in Paris"--

"My dear grandmother," interrupted Valentine, "consider decorum--the
recent death. You would not have me marry under such sad auspices?"

"My child," exclaimed the old lady sharply, "let us hear none of the
conventional objections that deter weak minds from preparing for the
future. I also was married at the death-bed of my mother, and certainly
I have not been less happy on that account."

"Still that idea of death, madame," said Villefort.