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Rh was the other day a crime is to-day a title of favor. You then served Louis XVIII., and you did not show any favor—it was your duty; to-day you serve Napoleon, and you ought to protect him—it is equally your duty. I come, therefore, to ask what has become of him.”

Villefort made a violent effort.

“What is his name?" said he; “tell me his name.”

“Edmond Dantès.”

Villefort would, evidently, have rather stood opposite the muzzle of