1 She found out that because he had been an invalid he had not learned things as other children had.
2 When he was amused and interested she thought he scarcely looked like an invalid at all, except that his face was so colorless and he was always on the sofa.
3 In spite of his invalid back Colin sat up in bed in quite a healthy rage.
4 She found the servants' hall a more amusing place than the invalid's chamber and just now everybody wanted to hear the news from upstairs.
5 Mester Colin says if he keeps sendin for more food they won't believe he's an invalid at all.
6 In fact as an imitation of a boy who was a confirmed invalid he was a disgraceful sight.
7 She laughed as if she could not help it when they told her of the increasing difficulty there was in pretending that Colin was still a fretful invalid.
8 After that he scarcely ever saw him except when he was asleep, and all he knew of him was that he was a confirmed invalid, with a vicious, hysterical, half-insane temper.
9 "Thanks," murmured the invalid, extending one hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 10 The eye of the invalid still retained that vacancy of expression which prevented his son from obtaining any knowledge of the feelings which were passing in his mind; he listened, nothing more.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. 11 The invalid's eye remained fixed, by which expression he intended to intimate that his resolution was unalterable.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. 12 "Yes, yes, yes," motioned the invalid.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 59. The Will. 13 "Yes," looked the invalid, his eye beaming with delight at the ready interpretation of his meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 59. The Will. 14 Morrel then cast on the invalid an interrogative look as to the new favor which he designed to bestow on him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. 15 D'Avrigny followed the invalid, wrote a prescription, ordered Villefort to take a cabriolet, go in person to a chemist's to get the prescribed medicine, bring it himself, and wait for him in his daughter's room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.