Page:The Count of Monte-Cristo (1887 Volume 5).djvu/193

Rh "Then he must be playing in the garden; go and see." "No, sir; Madame de Villefort sent for him half an hour ago; he went into her room, and has not been downstairs since." A cold perspiration burst out on Villefort's brow; his legs trembled, and his brain filled with a confused maze of ideas.

"In Madame de Villefort's room?" he murmured, and slowly returned, with one hand wiping his forehead, and with the other supporting himself against the wall. To enter the room, he must again see the body of his unhappy wife. To call Edward he must reawaken the echo of that