1 Renee uttered a smothered exclamation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 2 "These are mournful auspices to accompany a betrothal," sighed poor Renee.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 3 As the marquis had promised, Villefort found the marquise and Renee in waiting.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 4 He started when he saw Renee, for he fancied she was again about to plead for Dantes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 5 I hope I shall gain Renee's favor easily by obeying the first command she ever imposed on me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 6 "Dear, good Renee," whispered Villefort, as he gazed with unutterable tenderness on the lovely speaker.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 7 Renee was, with all the rest of the company, anxiously awaiting him, and his entrance was followed by a general exclamation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 8 de Salvieux letter, embraced Renee, kissed the marquise's hand, and shaken that of the marquis, started for Paris along the Aix road.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 9 Villefort knew not when he should return, and Renee, far from pleading for Dantes, hated the man whose crime separated her from her lover.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. 10 The remains of poor Renee were already deposited there, and now, after ten years of separation, her father and mother were to be reunited with her.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 74. The Villefort Family Vault. 11 On the front of the monument was inscribed: "The families of Saint-Meran and Villefort," for such had been the last wish expressed by poor Renee, Valentine's mother.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 12 As Dantes spoke, Villefort gazed at his ingenuous and open countenance, and recollected the words of Renee, who, without knowing who the culprit was, had besought his indulgence for him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 13 Renee regarded him with fond affection; and certainly his handsome features, lit up as they then were with more than usual fire and animation, seemed formed to excite the innocent admiration with which she gazed on her graceful and intelligent lover.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 14 "Never mind, Renee," replied the marquise, with a look of tenderness that seemed out of keeping with her harsh dry features; but, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the desert of her heart, and that is the shrine of maternal love.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.