THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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Valentine opened it and drew out a bundle of papers. "Is that what you wish for?" asked she.
"No."
She took successively all the other papers out till the drawer was
Edward de Villefort.
empty. "But there are no more," said she. Noirtier's eye was fixed on the dictionary.
"Yes, I understand, grandfather," said the young girl.
She pointed to each letter of the alphabet. At the letter S, the old man stopped her. She opened the dictionary, and, proceeding as before, reached the word "secret."
