The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Nothing."

"Had Madame de Saint-Meran any enemies?"

"Not to my knowledge."

"Would her death affect any one's interest?"

"It could not indeed, my daughter is her only heiress--Valentine alone.
Oh, if such a thought could present itself, I would stab myself to
punish my heart for having for one instant harbored it."

"Indeed, my dear friend," said M. d'Avrigny, "I would not accuse any
one; I speak only of an accident, you understand,--of a mistake,--but
whether accident or mistake, the fact is there; it is on my conscience
and compels me to speak aloud to you. Make inquiry."