The Count of Monte Cristo

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speaking--"besides, who says that it will begin again?"

"It has returned, count," exclaimed Morrel; "that is why I hastened to
you."

"Well, what do you wish me to do? Do you wish me, for instance, to give
information to the procureur?" Monte Cristo uttered the last words with
so much meaning that Morrel, starting up, cried out, "You know of whom I
speak, count, do you not?"

"Perfectly well, my good friend; and I will prove it to you by putting
the dots to the 'i,' or rather by naming the persons. You were walking
one evening in M. de Villefort's garden; from what you relate, I suppose
it to have been the evening of Madame de Saint-Meran's death. You
heard M. de Villefort talking to M. d'Avrigny about the death of M. de
Saint-Meran, and that no less surprising, of the countess. M. d'Avrigny
said he believed they both proceeded from poison; and you, honest man,