The Count of Monte Cristo

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call "the salad basket." "Never mind, we shall see! To-morrow, then!" he
added, turning towards Bertuccio.

"To-morrow!" replied the steward.



Chapter 108. The Judge.

We remember that the Abbe Busoni remained alone with Noirtier in the
chamber of death, and that the old man and the priest were the sole
guardians of the young girl's body. Perhaps it was the Christian
exhortations of the abbe, perhaps his kind charity, perhaps his
persuasive words, which had restored the courage of Noirtier, for ever
since he had conversed with the priest his violent despair had yielded
to a calm resignation which surprised all who knew his excessive
affection for Valentine. M. de Villefort had not seen his father since