The Count of Monte Cristo

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Edmond; I have nothing more to ask of heaven--I have seen you again,
and have found you as noble and as great as formerly you were. Adieu,
Edmond, adieu, and thank you."

But the count did not answer. Mercedes opened the door of the study and
had disappeared before he had recovered from the painful and profound
revery into which his thwarted vengeance had plunged him. The clock
of the Invalides struck one when the carriage which conveyed Madame
de Morcerf away rolled on the pavement of the Champs-Elysees, and made
Monte Cristo raise his head. "What a fool I was," said he, "not to tear
my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!"



Chapter 90. The Meeting.

After Mercedes had left Monte Cristo, he fell into profound gloom.