"He is an incurable maniac, and is in Dr. d'Avigny's private asylum."
"Not a bad business for the old gentleman. The house of Villefort has had a terrible end. Madame de Villefort and her son are dead, and poor Valentine—I am not generally sentimental, but I confess the death of the young girl was a terrible shock to me."
"Beauchamp, do you believe in miracles?" asked Chateau-Renaud, suddenly.
"That depends. Why do you ask?"
"Well, one of my friends gave me his word of honor that he saw Mademoiselle Valentine in Marseilles."
"Before or after the funeral?"
"After, certainly."
"That seems rather wonderful, but one is already accustomed to look upon everything with which the Count of Monte-Cristo has any connection as something miraculous."
"Have you heard the fable that the count was a vampire?"