Ah, forgive me," said Valentine, perceiving the effect which her words were producing on Maximilian: "I have done wrong, for I have given utterance to thoughts concerning that man which I did not even know existed in my heart.I do not deny the influence of which you speak, or that I have not myself experienced it, but with me it has been productive of evil rather than good.""Well, Valentine," said Morrel with a sigh, "we will not discuss the matter further.I will not make a confidant of him.""Alas," said Valentine, "I see that I have given you pain.Ican only say how sincerely I ask pardon for having griefed you.But, indeed, I am not prejudiced beyond the power of conviction.Tell me what this Count of Monte Cristo has done for you.""I own that your question embarrasses me, Valentine, for Icannot say that the count has rendered me any ostensible service.Still, as I have already told you I have an instinctive affection for him, the source of which I cannot explain to you.Has the sun done anything for me? No; he warms me with his rays, and it is by his light that I see you -- nothing more.Has such and such a perfume done anything for me? No; its odor charms one of my senses --that is all I can say when I am asked why I praise it.My friendship for him is as strange and unaccountable as his for me.A secret voice seems to whisper to me that there must be something more than chance in this unexpected reciprocity of friendship.In his most simple actions, as well as in his most secret thoughts, I find a relation to my own.You will perhaps smile at me when I tell you that, ever since I have known this man, I have involuntarily entertained the idea that all the good fortune which his befallen me originated from him.However, I have managed to live thirty years without this protection, you will say; but I will endeavor a little to illustrate my meaning.He invited me to dine with him on Saturday, which was a very natural thing for him to do.Well, what have I learned since? That your mother and M.de Villefort are both coming to this dinner.I shall meet them there, and who knows what future advantages may result from the interview? This may appear to you to be no unusual combination of circumstances;nevertheless, I perceive some hidden plot in the arrangement -- something, in fact, more than is apparent on a casual view of the subject.I believe that this singular man, who appears to fathom the motives of every one, has purposely arranged for me to meet M.and Madame de Villefort, and sometimes, I confess, I have gone so far as to try to read in his eyes whether he was in possession of the secret of our love.""My good friend," said Valentine, "I should take you for a visionary, and should tremble for your reason, if I were always to hear you talk in a strain similar to this.Is it possible that you can see anything more than the merest chance in this meeting? Pray reflect a little.My father, who never goes out, has several times been on the point of refusing this invitation; Madame de Villefort, on the contrary, is burning with the desire of seeing this extraordinary nabob in his own house, therefore, she has with great difficulty prevailed on my father to accompany her.No, no; it is as I have said, Maximilian, -- there is no one in the world of whom I can ask help but yourself and my grandfather, who is little better than a corpse.""I see that you are right, logically speaking," said Maximilian; "but the gentle voice which usually has such power over me fails to convince me to-day.""I feel the same as regards yourself." said Valentine; "and I own that, if you have no stronger proof to give me" --"I have another," replied Maximilian; "but I fear you will deem it even more absurd than the first.""So much the worse," said Valentine, smiling.
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