expressing his approval.
“Privately?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I will remain with you.”
At this moment Villefort returned, followed by the lady’s maid; and after her came Madame de Villefort.
“What is the matter, then, with this dear child? she has just left me, and she complained of being indisposed, but I did not think seriously of it.”
The young woman with tears in her eyes and every mark of affection of a true mother, approached Valentine and took her hand.
D’Avrigny continued to look at Noirtier; he saw the eyes of the old man dilate and become round, his cheeks turn pale and tremble; the perspiration stood in drops upon his forehead.
“Ah,” said he,