The Judge.

           WerememberthattheAbbeBusoniremainedalonewithNoirtierinthechamberofdeath,andthattheoldmanandthepriestwerethesoleguardiansoftheyounggirl’sbody.PerhapsitwastheChristianexhortationsoftheabbe,perhapshiskindcharity,perhapshispersuasivewords,whichhadrestoredthecourageofNoirtier,foreversincehehadconversedwiththepriesthisviolentdespairhadyieldedtoacalmresignationwhichsurprisedallwhoknewhisexcessiveaffectionforValentine.M.deVilleforthadnotseenhisfathersincethemorningofthedeath.Thewholeestablishmenthadbeenchanged;anothervaletwasengagedforhimself,anewservantforNoirtier,twowomenhadenteredMadamedeVillefort’sserviceinfact,everywhere,totheconciergeandcoachmen,newfaceswerepresentedtothedifferentmastersofthehouse,thuswideningthedivisionwhichhadalwaysexistedbetweenthemembersofthesamefamily.

           Theassizes,also,wereabouttobegin,andVillefort,shutupinhisroom,exertedhimselfwithfeverishanxietyindrawingupthecaseagainstthemurdererofCaderousse.Thisaffair,likeallthoseinwhichtheCountofMonteCristohadinterfered,causedagreatsensationinParis.Theproofswerecertainlynotconvincing,sincetheyresteduponafewwordswrittenbyanescapedgalley-slaveonhisdeath-bed,andwhomighthavebeenactuatedbyhatredorrevengeinaccusinghiscompanion.

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