THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
183
"Pshaw!" said Monte-Cristo, "you will see him return to you gay, smiling, and joyful."
Maximilian cast a look of disdain, almost of anger, on the count.
"We must leave you," said Monte-Cristo.
Monte-Cristo and Julie.
"Before you quit us, count," said Julie, "will you permit us to express to you all that the other day "
"Madame," interrupted the count, taking her two hands in his, "all that you could say in words would never express that which I read in your eyes; the thoughts of your heart are fully understood by mine. Like benefactors in romances, I should have left you without seeing you again; but that would have been a virtue beyond my strength,
