The Count of Monte Cristo

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sort of presentation which was to be made that evening, were all in
attendance. When in the middle of the room the general was invited to
remove his bandage, he did so immediately, and was surprised to see so
many well-known faces in a society of whose existence he had till
then been ignorant. They questioned him as to his sentiments, but he
contented himself with answering, that the letters from the Island of
Elba ought to have informed them'"--

Franz interrupted himself by saying, "My father was a royalist; they
need not have asked his sentiments, which were well known."

"And hence," said Villefort, "arose my affection for your father, my
dear M. Franz. Opinions held in common are a ready bond of union."

"Read again," said the old man. Franz continued:--

"'The president then sought to make him speak more explicitly, but M. de