I think I shall die if I stay any longer facing that man.’ ‘I did hear some talk of this story in Epirus,’ said Monte Cristo, ‘but I am not familiar with the details. ‘He it was who sold him to the Turks and the fortune was the price of his treachery. ‘The Comte de Morcerf,’ Monte Cristo replied, ‘who served under your illustrious father and admits owing him his fortune.’ No sooner did he appear than she grasped his hand and said: ‘To whom were you talking, my Lord?’ When he reached his own, Haydée was still very pale. Then he saluted the baroness and her daughter with a single bow, shook hands one final time with Morcerf and Debray, and left Mme Danglars’ box. However,’ he added, taking a medicine bottle out of his pocket, ‘I have the remedy here.’ A perfume that she does not like is enough to make her faint. Haydée is very nervous and consequently very sensitive to smells. ‘What has just happened to your ward, Monsieur le Comte? She seems to be feeling ill.’ She started forward as if to devour both of them with her eyes, then, almost immediately, leapt back with a weak cry – which was, however, heard by those closest to her and by Ali, who at once opened the door. The sight produced the same effect as a Medusa on the girl. ‘Well, well!’ said Monte Cristo, wrapping his arm round the count and leaning out of the box.Īt that moment Haydée, who had been looking around for the count, saw his pale features beside those of M.
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