THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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And the procureur du roi breathed more freely than he had done for some time.
The carriage stopped at the door of the hotel. Villefort leaped out the carriage, and saw his servants surprised at his early return: he
could read no other expression on their features. Neither of them spoke to him; they merely stood aside to let him pass by, as usual, nothing more. As he passed by M. Noirtier's room, he perceived, through the half-open door, two figures; but he experienced no curi-