The Count of Monte Cristo

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to Franz.

"Extremely," replied he; "she looked so pale this morning, I scarcely
knew her." These apparently simple words pierced Morrel to the
heart. This man had seen Valentine, and spoken to her! The young and
high-spirited officer required all his strength of mind to resist
breaking his oath. He took the arm of Chateau-Renaud, and turned towards
the vault, where the attendants had already placed the two coffins.
"This is a magnificent habitation," said Beauchamp, looking towards the
mausoleum; "a summer and winter palace. You will, in turn, enter it, my
dear d'Epinay, for you will soon be numbered as one of the family. I, as
a philosopher, should like a little country-house, a cottage down there
under the trees, without so many free-stones over my poor body. In
dying, I will say to those around me what Voltaire wrote to Piron: 'Eo
rus, and all will be over.' But come, Franz, take courage, your wife is
an heiress."