The Count of Monte Cristo

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d'Avrigny, and said,--"And now the priest."

"Is there any particular priest you wish to pray with Valentine?" asked
d'Avrigny.

"No." said Villefort; "fetch the nearest."

"The nearest," said the district doctor, "is a good Italian abbe, who
lives next door to you. Shall I call on him as I pass?"

"D'Avrigny," said Villefort, "be so kind, I beseech you, as to accompany
this gentleman. Here is the key of the door, so that you can go in and
out as you please; you will bring the priest with you, and will oblige
me by introducing him into my child's room."

"Do you wish to see him?"