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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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If he did not come, the painful sensation became most intense; if, on the contrary, he appeared, his noble countenance, his brilliant eyes, his amiability, his polite attention even toward Madame Danglars, soon dispelled every impression of fear. It appeared impossible to the baroness
Eugénie Danglars.
that a man of such delightfully pleasing manners should entertain evil designs against her; besides, the most corrupt minds only suspect evil when it would answer some interested end―unless injury is repugnant to every mind.
When Monte-Cristo entered the boudoir, to which we have already
