The Count of Monte Cristo

Back Forward Menu

"Oh, have pity--have pity!" murmured Villefort, wringing his hands.

"Follow the culprit's steps; he first kills M. de Saint-Meran"--

"O doctor!"

"I would swear to it; what I heard of his symptoms agrees too well with
what I have seen in the other cases." Villefort ceased to contend; he
only groaned. "He first kills M. de Saint-Meran," repeated the doctor,
"then Madame de Saint-Meran,--a double fortune to inherit." Villefort
wiped the perspiration from his forehead. "Listen attentively."

"Alas," stammered Villefort, "I do not lose a single word."

"M. Noirtier," resumed M. d'Avrigny in the same pitiless tone,--"M.
Noirtier had once made a will against you--against your family--in favor
of the poor, in fact; M. Noirtier is spared, because nothing is expected