The Count of Monte Cristo

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sometimes lose all recollection of the past, and then I experience the
same sort of happiness I can imagine the dead feel; still, it is better
than suffering."

"But, sir, he has fled; let him escape--inaction is a pardonable
offence."

"I tell you it is too late; early this morning the telegraph was
employed, and at this very minute"--

"Sir," said the valet de chambre, entering the room, "a dragoon has
brought this despatch from the minister of the interior." Villefort
seized the letter, and hastily broke the seal. Madame Danglars trembled
with fear; Villefort started with joy. "Arrested!" he exclaimed; "he
was taken at Compiegne, and all is over." Madame Danglars rose from her
seat, pale and cold. "Adieu, sir," she said. "Adieu, madame," replied
the king's attorney, as in an almost joyful manner he conducted her to