The Count of Monte Cristo

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two cheerful and noisy voices being heard in connection with occasional
notes of the piano assured Monte Cristo that Mademoiselle Danglars
preferred to his society and to that of M. Cavalcanti the company of
Mademoiselle Louise d'Armilly, her singing teacher.

It was then, especially while conversing with Madame Danglars, and
apparently absorbed by the charm of the conversation, that the count
noticed M. Andrea Cavalcanti's solicitude, his manner of listening
to the music at the door he dared not pass, and of manifesting his
admiration. The banker soon returned. His first look was certainly
directed towards Monte Cristo, but the second was for Andrea. As for his
wife, he bowed to her, as some husbands do to their wives, but in a way
that bachelors will never comprehend, until a very extensive code is
published on conjugal life.

"Have not the ladies invited you to join them at the piano?" said
Danglars to Andrea. "Alas, no, sir," replied Andrea with a sigh, still