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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter LXXVIII · Chapter 78

Chapter 78 of The Count of Monte Cristo is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alexandre Dumas • Curated US English Learning Edition

Meanwhile M.

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M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

“Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

“Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

“M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

“Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter LXXVIII · Chapter 78

Chapter 78 of The Count of Monte Cristo is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

Line 2

“Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

Line 3

“Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

Line 4

“M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

Line 5

“Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

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a

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act

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

all

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

an

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

at

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

but

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

calmness

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

cannot

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

chamber

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

consciousness

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

corpse

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cried

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

crime

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From this reading “Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

d'Avrigny

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

death

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

doctor

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From this reading “Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

feel

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

grief

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

had

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house

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

I

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

imposing

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

in

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

is

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

it

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

like

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

looked

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M

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madness

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

magistrate

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moment

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

my

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

now

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

of

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

rather

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From this reading “Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

replied

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From this reading “Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

restored

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

said

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

Say

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From this reading “Say, rather, crime!” replied the doctor.

second

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

soon

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

tell

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

terror

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

that

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

the

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

think

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

this

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

time

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

to

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

Villefort

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From this reading “Oh, death is in my house!” cried Villefort.

who

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From this reading M. d’Avrigny soon restored the magistrate to consciousness, who had looked like a second corpse in that chamber of death.

with

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

Yes

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From this reading “Yes,” said M. d’Avrigny, with an imposing calmness, “but I think it is now time to act.

you

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From this reading “M. d’Avrigny,” cried Villefort, “I cannot tell you all I feel at this moment,—terror, grief, madness.”

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