Граф Монте-Кристо

The Evening of the Betrothal.

           "

           Villeforthastilyquittedtheapartment,butreflectingthatthesightofthedeputyprocureurrunningthroughthestreetswouldbeenoughtothrowthewholecityintoconfusion,heresumedhisordinarypace.Athisdoorheperceivedafigureintheshadowthatseemedtowaitforhim.ItwasMercedes,who,hearingnonewsofherlover,hadcomeunobservedtoinquireafterhim.

           AsVillefortdrewnear,sheadvancedandstoodbeforehim.DanteshadspokenofMercedes,andVillefortinstantlyrecognizedher.Herbeautyandhighbearingsurprisedhim,andwhensheinquiredwhathadbecomeofherlover,itseemedtohimthatshewasthejudge,andhetheaccused.

           "Theyoungmanyouspeakof,"saidVillefortabruptly,"isagreatcriminal,andIcandonothingforhim,mademoiselle."Mercedesburstintotears,and,asVillefortstrovetopassher,againaddressedhim.

           "But,atleast,tellmewhereheis,thatImayknowwhetherheisaliveordead,"saidshe.

           "Idonotknow;heisnolongerinmyhands,"repliedVillefort.

           Anddesirousofputtinganendtotheinterview,hepushedbyher,andclosedthedoor,asiftoexcludethepainhefelt.Butremorseisnotthusbanished;likeVirgil’swoundedhero,hecarriedthearrowinhiswound,and,arrivedatthesalon,Villefortutteredasighthatwasalmostasob,andsankintoachair.

           Thenthefirstpangsofanunendingtortureseizeduponhisheart.

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