1 The sick man was not yet able to speak, but he pointed with evident anxiety towards the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 2 They began dinner and Spada was only able to inquire of his nephew if he had received his message.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 3 But, then, to be able to instruct her child," continued the abbe, "she must have received an education herself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 27. The Story. 4 All that Edmond had been able to do was to drag himself about a dozen paces forward to lean against a moss-grown rock.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 5 Instinctively Dantes turned round to observe by what watch or clock the abbe had been able so accurately to specify the hour.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 6 Then he destroyed the second portion, assured that if the first were seized, no one would be able to discover its real meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. 7 None of the lads of Pampinara, Palestrina, or Valmontone had been able to gain any influence over him or even to become his companion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. 8 Edmond was obliged to assist him, for otherwise he would not have been able to enter by the small aperture which led to Dantes' chamber.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. 9 Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously, and sought out more agreeable companions.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast. 10 The passageway sloped in a gentle descent, enlarging as they proceeded; still Franz and the count were compelled to advance in a stooping posture, and were scarcely able to proceed abreast of one another.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian. 11 The floor of the abbe's cell was paved, and it had been by raising one of the stones in the most obscure corner that Faria had to been able to commence the laborious task of which Dantes had witnessed the completion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 12 La Carconte muttered a few inarticulate words, then let her head again drop upon her knees, and went into a fit of ague, leaving the two speakers to resume the conversation, but remaining so as to be able to hear every word they uttered.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn. 13 The next day must clear up every doubt; and unless his near neighbor and would-be friend, the Count of Monte Cristo, possessed the ring of Gyges, and by its power was able to render himself invisible, it was very certain he could not escape this time.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 14 Albert had never been able to endure the Italian theatres, with their orchestras from which it is impossible to see, and the absence of balconies, or open boxes; all these defects pressed hard on a man who had had his stall at the Bouffes, and had shared a lower box at the Opera.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 15 The proposal was too advantageous to be refused, the more so as the person for whom the yacht was intended had gone upon a tour through Switzerland, and was not expected back in less than three weeks or a month, by which time the builder reckoned upon being able to complete another.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 25. The Unknown. 16 While affecting to be deeply engaged in examining the ladder, the mind of Dantes was, in fact, busily occupied by the idea that a person so intelligent, ingenious, and clear-sighted as the abbe might probably be able to solve the dark mystery of his own misfortunes, where he himself could see nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 17 Edmond preserved the most admirable self-command, not suffering the faintest indication of a smile to escape him at the enumeration of all the benefits he would have reaped had he been able to quit the island; but as The Young Amelia had merely come to Monte Cristo to fetch him away, he embarked that same evening, and proceeded with the captain to Leghorn.
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