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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 4 Conspiracy

Word Count: 2270    |    Released on: 15/03/2018

of the angles of Fort Saint Nicolas; then, turning round, he perceived Fernand, who had fallen,

Fernand, "here is a marriage which do

to despair, "

hen, love

dore

r l

I have known

ad of seeking to remedy your condition; I di

u have me do?"

e with Mademoiselle Mercédès; but for you-in the

found

ha

ld me that if any misfortune happened t

those things, b

rcédès; what she th

r she kill herself or not, what mat

ed Fernand, with the accents of unsh

se with a voice more tipsy than ever. "T

o me a good sort of fellow, and hang

d Caderouss

bottle, and you will be completely so. Drink then, and do not meddle with

I could drink four more such bottles; they are no b

attled his glass

and, awaiting with great anxiety t

is drunken Caderousse has made m

ey have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts

chants sont

prouvé par

you would like t

Dantès did not marry her you love; and the marriage may e

separate them, "

w, who will prove to you that you are wrong. Prove it, Danglars. I have answered for you. Say there is no need why Da

, he is not much out in what he says. Absence severs as well as death, and if the walls of a prison we

0

sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, "and whe

that?" mutte

derousse, "should they put Dantès in prison? he

tongue!" sa

o know why they should put Dantès in prison; I like Dantès; D

0

ess of his intoxication, and turning towards Fernand, sa

now, you have the means of having D

ng. But why should I meddle in the

s I know, you have some motive of personal hatred against Dantès, for

piness interested me; that's all; but since you believe I act for my own account, adieu, my de

her you have any angry feeling or not against Dantès. I hate him! I confess it openly. Do you find the means, I will

y eyes, he said, "Kill Dantès! who talks of killing Dantès? I won't have him killed-I won't! He's my friend, and

d Danglars. "We were merely joking; drink to his health, " he a

Caderousse, emptying his glass, "her

s-the means?"

it upon any?" a

undertook

the superiority over the Spaniards, that the

then, " said Fer

Danglars, "pen,

paper, " mutt

and paper are my tools, and witho

per, then, " call

ant on that table,

" The waiter did

0

al to kill a man more sure than if we waited at the corner of a wood to assassinate him! I have a

some more wine, Fernand." Fernand filled Caderousse's glass, who, like the c

overcome by this fresh assault on his senses, res

he final glimmer of Caderousse's reason

voyage such as Dantès has just made, in which he touched at the Island of Elba

im!" exclaimed the

with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well. But Dantès cannot remain forever in prison, and

etter than that he would com

t you if you have only the misfortune to scr

said F

he left hand (that the writing may not be recognized) the denunciation we propose." And Danglars, uniting practice with theory, wrote with his left hand, an

rna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist c

lf, and the matter will thus work its own way; there is nothing to do now but fold the letter as I am doing, and

ing of the letter, and instinctively comprehended all the misery which such a denunciation must entail. "Yes,

I, amongst the first and foremost, should be sorry if anything happened to Dantès-the worthy Dantès-loo

e. "Dantès is my friend, an

nglars, rising and looking at the young man, who still remained seated, but

have some more wine. I wish to drink to th

glars; "and if you continue, you will be compelled t

drunken man, "I can't keep on my legs? Why, I'll wager I can go

bet; but tomorrow-today it is time to r

ut I don't want your arm at all. Come, Ferna

d; "I shall return

e with us to Marse

ill

nce; there's liberty for all the world. Come along, Danglars, a

the moment, to take him off towards Marseilles b

and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting

e said he was going to the Catalans, and he is going

d Danglars; "he's gone right by th

ld have sworn that he turned to t

elf, "now the thing is at work and i

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1 Chapter 1 Marseilles-The Arrival2 Chapter 2 Father and Son3 Chapter 3 The Catalans4 Chapter 4 Conspiracy5 Chapter 5 The Marriage Feast6 Chapter 6 The Deputy Procureur du Roi7 Chapter 7 The Examination8 Chapter 8 The Chateau d'If9 Chapter 9 The Evening of the Betrothal10 Chapter 10 The King's Closet at the Tuileries11 Chapter 11 The Corsican Ogre12 Chapter 12 Father and Son13 Chapter 13 The Hundred Days14 Chapter 14 The Two Prisoners15 Chapter 15 Number 34 and Number 2716 Chapter 16 A Learned Italian17 Chapter 17 The Abbé's Chamber18 Chapter 18 The Treasure19 Chapter 19 The Third Attack20 Chapter 20 The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If21 Chapter 21 The Island of Tiboulen22 Chapter 22 The Smugglers23 Chapter 23 The Island of Monte Cristo24 Chapter 24 The Secret Cave25 Chapter 25 The Unknown26 Chapter 26 The Pont du Gard Inn27 Chapter 27 The Story28 Chapter 28 The Prison Register29 Chapter 29 The House of Morrel & Son30 Chapter 30 The Fifth of September31 Chapter 31 Italy Sinbad the Sailor32 Chapter 32 The Waking33 Chapter 33 Roman Bandits34 Chapter 34 The Colosseum35 Chapter 35 La Mazzolata36 Chapter 36 The Carnival at Rome37 Chapter 37 The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian38 Chapter 38 The Rendezvous39 Chapter 39 The Guests40 Chapter 40 The Breakfast41 Chapter 41 The Presentation42 Chapter 42 Monsieur Bertuccio43 Chapter 43 The House at Auteuil44 Chapter 44 The Vendetta45 Chapter 45 The Rain of Blood46 Chapter 46 Unlimited Credit47 Chapter 47 The Dappled Grays48 Chapter 48 Ideology49 Chapter 49 Haydée50 Chapter 50 The Morrel Family51 Chapter 51 Pyramus and Thisbe52 Chapter 52 Toxicology53 Chapter 53 Robert le Diable54 Chapter 54 A Flurry in Stocks55 Chapter 55 Major Cavalcanti56 Chapter 56 Andrea Cavalcanti57 Chapter 57 In the Lucern Patch58 Chapter 58 M. Noirtier de Villefort59 Chapter 59 The Will60 Chapter 60 The Telegraph61 Chapter 61 How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches62 Chapter 62 Ghosts63 Chapter 63 The Dinner64 Chapter 64 The Beggar65 Chapter 65 A Conjugal Scene66 Chapter 66 Matrimonial Projects67 Chapter 67 The Office of the King's Attorney68 Chapter 68 A Summer Ball69 Chapter 69 The Inquiry70 Chapter 70 The Ball71 Chapter 71 Bread and Salt72 Chapter 72 Madame de Saint-Méran73 Chapter 73 The Promise74 Chapter 74 The Villefort Family Vault75 Chapter 75 A Signed Statement76 Chapter 76 Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger77 Chapter 77 Haydée78 Chapter 78 We hear From Yanina79 Chapter 79 The Lemonade80 Chapter 80 The Accusation81 Chapter 81 The Room of the Retired Baker82 Chapter 82 The Burglary83 Chapter 83 The Hand of God84 Chapter 84 Beauchamp85 Chapter 85 The Journey86 Chapter 86 The Trial87 Chapter 87 The Challenge88 Chapter 88 The Insult89 Chapter 89 The Night90 Chapter 90 The Meeting91 Chapter 91 Mother and Son92 Chapter 92 The Suicide93 Chapter 93 Valentine94 Chapter 94 Maximilian's Avowal95 Chapter 95 Father and Daughter96 Chapter 96 The Contract97 Chapter 97 The Departure for Belgium98 Chapter 98 The Bell and Bottle Tavern99 Chapter 99 The Law100 Chapter 100 The Apparition