THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Ah!" exclaimed d'Avrigny, in a voice in which the horror of a judge unveiling the truth was mixed with the delight of a student discovering a problem.
Madame de Villefort was overpowered; her eyes first flashed and
then swam; she staggered toward the door, and disappeared. Directly afterward the distant sound of a heavy weight falling on the ground was heard, but no one paid any attention to it; the nurse was engaged in watching the chemical analysis, and Villefort was still absorbed in grief. D'Avrigny alone had followed Madame de Villefort with his
