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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 10 The King's Closet at the Tuileries

Word Count: 2779    |    Released on: 15/03/2018

sing through two or three apartments, enter at the Tuileries the little room with the arched window, so

Louis XVIII., was carelessly listening to a man of fifty or fifty-two years of age, with gray hair, aristocratic bearing, and exceedingly gentlemanly attire, and meanwhile making a marg

sir--" sai

ceedingly dis

sion of the seven fat kine

enty and seven years of scarcity; and with a king as full of fo

scourge are you afra

n to believe that a storm

ed, and know positively that, on the contrary, it is very fine weather in th

will your majesty send into Languedoc, Provence, and Dauphiné, trusty men, who w

the king, continuing the

the quotation, "your majesty may be perfectly right in relying on the good feeling

wh

or, at least, b

king, "you with your alarm

ent me from sleeping

such a delightful note on the Pastor quum trah

ther note on the margin of his Horace, and then looking at the duke with the air of a man who

ear duke, go

ors destitute of foundation which thus disquiet me; but a serious-minded man, deserving all my confidence, and charged by me to watch over the south" (

" continued Louis XVI

ty wish me to dr

r duke; but just str

hi

u please-ther

e, s

there. You will find yesterday's report of the minister of police. But here is M.

latest news of M. de Bonaparte; do not conceal anything, however serious, -let us see, the Island of El

fully on the back of a chair

ty perused yest

d anything, what the report contains-give him the pa

nts of his majesty must approve of the latest intellige

even raise his head. "Bonaparte, " continued the baron, "is mortally wear

self for amusement

quired the duke, "what

reat man, this hero, this demigod, is attacked with a

nister of police, "we are almost assured that, i

san

s on the seashore, flinging stones in the water and when the flint makes 'duck-and-drake' five or six times, he appears as del

ghing; "the greatest captains of antiquity amused themselves by cas

efort, who did not choose to reveal the whole secret, lest another should reap all the ben

not yet convinced; let us proceed, therefore, to the

king at the king and Dandré, who spoke alternately

ly, my d

way con

es. Tell him all

a review, and as two or three of his old veterans expressed a desire to return to France, he gave them the

ed the king triumphantly, and pausing for a mo

as he has the guardianship of the safety and honor of your majesty, it is probable that I am in error. However, sire, if I mig

e, but you must not expect me to be too confiding. Baron, have you any report

xpecting one; it may have ar

ntinued Louis XVIII., "make one; that is the usual

umstantial denunciations, coming from hosts of people who hope for some return for services which they seek to rende

is XVIII., "and remember

turn, sire; I shall b

. de Blacas, "will go

armorial bearings; I will give you an eagle with outstretched wings, holding i

1

De Blacas, biting his

now it refers to a stag flying from a wolf. Are you not a sportsman and

stag you refer to, for he has posted two hund

hen we have a telegraph which transmits messages in three or fo

so much ardor, to give your majesty useful information. If only for the sake of M. de

x, my brother'

, si

at Mars

ites me

to you of thi

. de Villefort, and begs me to

the king, "is the messeng

, si

mes from M

pers

name at once?" replied the ki

is name was unknow

d elevated understanding, ambitious, too,

fat

Noir

irondin?-Noirti

hims

has employed the s

told you Villefort was ambitious, and to attain this ambit

e, may I p

nt, duke! W

elow, in m

him at

ten to

really sincere royalism made him youthful again. Louis XVIII. rema

enacem propo

ut, excited the susceptibility of M. de Brezé, who was all astonishment at finding that this young man had the audacity to enter before the king in such attire. The duke, however, overcame

ft him. On opening the door, Villefort found himself facing

llefort, " said th

a few steps, waited until the

he Duc de Blacas assures me you have some

d I believe your majesty wil

1

hing else, sir, is the news as bad in

nt, but I hope, by the speed I have

he emotion which had showed itself in Blacas's face and affected Villefort's vo

orgiveness if my anxiety leads to some obscurity in my language." A glance at the king after this di

but an actual conspiracy-a storm which menaces no less than your majesty's throne. Sire, the usurper is arming three ships, he meditates some project, which, however mad, is yet, perhaps, terrible. At this moment he will have left Elba, to go whithe

nformation that the Bonapartist clubs have had meetings in the Rue Sain

or, of turbulent character, and whom I suspected of Bonapartism, has been secretly to the Island of Elba. There he saw the grand-marshal, who charged him with an oral message to a Bon

re is th

ison,

ter seems se

the very day of my betrothal, I left my bride and friends, postponing everything, that I might ha

re not a marriage engagement between

your majesty's mos

us talk of this plo

ore than a plot; I fe

resent, and the future. For the last ten months my ministers have redoubled their vigilance, in order to watch the shore of the Mediterranean. If Bonaparte landed at Naples, the whole coalition would be on foot before he could even reach Piombino; if he land

lice appeared at the door, pale, trembling, and as if ready to faint. Villef

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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