The Count of Monte Cristo

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"He replied--he replied, that the death was not a natural one, and must
be attributed"--

"To what?"

"To poison."

"Indeed?" said Monte Cristo with a slight cough which in moments of
extreme emotion helped him to disguise a blush, or his pallor, or the
intense interest with which he listened; "indeed, Maximilian, did you
hear that?"

"Yes, my dear count, I heard it; and the doctor added that if another
death occurred in a similar way he must appeal to justice." Monte Cristo
listened, or appeared to do so, with the greatest calmness. "Well,"
said Maximilian, "death came a third time, and neither the master of
the house nor the doctor said a word. Death is now, perhaps, striking a