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Rh consented to forget it" (and here she extended to him her hand), "as I now do at your entreaty. Only, if there fall in your way some conspirator, remember that there are so many more eyes on you, as it is known you belong to a family which, perhaps, is in sympathy with these conspirators."

"Alas! madame," returned Villefort, "my profession, as well as the times in which we live, compel me to be severe. I shall be so. I have already successfully conducted several public prosecutions, and proved my faith. But we have not done with the thing yet."