The Count of Monte Cristo

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Ideas and men appeared the same to him. One thing only puzzles me,
namely, how Franz d'Epinay will like a grandfather who cannot be
separated from his wife. But where is Franz?"

"In the first carriage, with M. de Villefort, who considers him already
as one of the family."

Such was the conversation in almost all the carriages; these two sudden
deaths, so quickly following each other, astonished every one, but no
one suspected the terrible secret which M. d'Avrigny had communicated,
in his nocturnal walk to M. de Villefort. They arrived in about an hour
at the cemetery; the weather was mild, but dull, and in harmony with
the funeral ceremony. Among the groups which flocked towards the
family vault, Chateau-Renaud recognized Morrel, who had come alone in a
cabriolet, and walked silently along the path bordered with yew-trees.
"You here?" said Chateau-Renaud, passing his arms through the young
captain's; "are you a friend of Villefort's? How is it that I have never