Chapter 71
Madame de Morcerf entered an archway of trees with her companion. It led through a grove of lindens to a conservatory. "It was too warm in the room, was it not, count?" she asked. "Yes, madame; and it was an excellent idea of yours to open the doors and the blinds." As he ceased speaking, the count felt the hand of Mercedes tremble. "But you," he said, "with that light dress, and without anything to cover you but that gauze scarf, perhaps you feel cold?" "Do you know where I am leading you?" said the countess, without replying to the question. "No, madame," replied Monte Cristo; "but you see I make no resistance." "We are going to the greenhouse that you see at the other end of the grove." The count looked at Mercedes as if to interrogate her, but she continued to walk on i
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