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even when there is no crime, are always alive in my heart: but after the death of Valentine, there has been no doubt in my mind, madame, and not only in mine, but in those of others; thus your crime, known by two persons, suspected by many, will soon become public: and, as I told you just now, you no longer speak to the husband, but to the judge."
The young woman hid her face in her hands.
"Oh, sir!" she stammered, "I beseech you, do not believe appearances."
"Are you, then, a coward?" cried Villefort, in a contemptuous voice.
"But I have always remarked that poisoners were cowards. Can you
