The Count of Monte Cristo

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music; and by thus watching the course of the life of others, I learned
what had transpired this morning in the House of Peers, and what was to
take place this evening; then I wrote.'

"'Then,' remarked the president, 'the Count of Monte Cristo knows
nothing of your present proceedings?'--'He is quite unaware of them, and
I have but one fear, which is that he should disapprove of what I
have done. But it is a glorious day for me,' continued the young girl,
raising her ardent gaze to heaven, 'that on which I find at last an
opportunity of avenging my father!'

"The count had not uttered one word the whole of this time. His
colleagues looked at him, and doubtless pitied his prospects, blighted
under the perfumed breath of a woman. His misery was depicted in
sinister lines on his countenance. 'M. de Morcerf,' said the president,
'do you recognize this lady as the daughter of Ali Tepelini, pasha of
Yanina?'--'No,' said Morcerf, attempting to rise, 'it is a base plot,