The Count of Monte Cristo

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during the discussion of such serious affairs, lasted till one o'clock
in the morning.

Meanwhile Madame Danglars, veiled and uneasy, awaited the return of
Debray in the little green room, seated between two baskets of flowers,
which she had that morning sent, and which, it must be confessed, Debray
had himself arranged and watered with so much care that his absence was
half excused in the eyes of the poor woman.

At twenty minutes of twelve, Madame Danglars, tired of waiting, returned
home. Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one
respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock. The baroness
returned to the hotel with as much caution as Eugenie used in leaving
it; she ran lightly up-stairs, and with an aching heart entered her
apartment, contiguous, as we know, to that of Eugenie. She was fearful
of exciting any remark, and believed firmly in her daughter's innocence
and fidelity to the paternal roof. She listened at Eugenie's door, and