The Count of Monte Cristo

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dreadful family secret, capable of destroying forever in that young
man's heart every feeling of filial piety.

"Providence still," murmured he; "now only am I fully convinced of being
the emissary of God!"



Chapter 91. Mother and Son.

The Count of Monte Cristo bowed to the five young men with a melancholy
and dignified smile, and got into his carriage with Maximilian and
Emmanuel. Albert, Beauchamp, and Chateau-Renaud remained alone. Albert
looked at his two friends, not timidly, but in a way that appeared to
ask their opinion of what he had just done.

"Indeed, my dear friend," said Beauchamp first, who had either the most