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"

When

you

receive

this

,

you

will

no

longer

have

a

husband

.

Oh

,

you

need

not

be

alarmed

,

you

will

only

have

lost

him

as

you

have

lost

your

daughter

;

I

mean

that

I

shall

be

travelling

on

one

of

the

thirty

or

forty

roads

leading

out

of

France

.

I

owe

you

some

explanations

for

my

conduct

,

and

as

you

are

a

woman

that

can

perfectly

understand

me

,

I

will

give

them

.

Listen

,

then

.

I

received

this

morning

five

millions

which

I

paid

away

;

almost

directly

afterwards

another

demand

for

the

same

sum

was

presented

to

me

;

I

put

this

creditor

off

till

tomorrow

and

I

intend

leaving

today

,

to

escape

that

tomorrow

,

which

would

be

rather

too

unpleasant

for

me

to

endure

.

You

understand

this

,

do

you

not

,

my

most

precious

wife

?

I

say

you

understand

this

,

because

you

are

as

conversant

with

my

affairs

as

I

am

;

indeed

,

I

think

you

understand

them

better

,

since

I

am

ignorant

of

what

has

become

of

a

considerable

portion

of

my

fortune

,

once

very

tolerable

,

while

I

am

sure

,

madame

,

that

you

know

perfectly

well

.

For

women

have

infallible

instincts

;

they

can

even

explain

the

marvellous

by

an

algebraic

calculation

they

have

invented

;

but

I

,

who

only

understand

my

own

figures

,

know

nothing

more

than

that

one

day

these

figures

deceived

me

.

Have

you

admired

the

rapidity

of

my

fall

?

Have

you

been

slightly

dazzled

at

the

sudden

fusion

of

my

ingots

?

I

confess

I

have

seen

nothing

but

the

fire

;

let

us

hope

you

have

found

some

gold

among

the

ashes

.

With

this

consoling

idea

,

I

leave

you

,

madame

,

and

most

prudent

wife

,

without

any

conscientious

reproach

for

abandoning

you

;

you

have

friends

left

,

and

the

ashes

I

have

already

mentioned

,

and

above

all

the

liberty

I

hasten

to

restore

to

you

.

And

here

,

madame

,

I

must

add

another

word

of

explanation

.

So

long

as

I

hoped

you

were

working

for

the

good

of

our

house

and

for

the

fortune

of

our

daughter

,

I

philosophically

closed

my

eyes

;

but

as

you

have

transformed

that

house

into

a

vast

ruin

I

will

not

be

the

foundation

of

another

man

's

fortune

.

You

were

rich

when

I

married

you

,

but

little

respected

.

Excuse

me

for

speaking

so

very

candidly

,

but

as

this

is

intended

only

for

ourselves

,

I

do

not

see

why

I

should

weigh

my

words

.

I

have

augmented

our

fortune

,

and

it

has

continued

to

increase

during

the

last

fifteen

years

,

till

extraordinary

and

unexpected

catastrophes

have

suddenly

overturned

it

--

without

any

fault

of

mine

,

I

can

honestly

declare

.

You

,

madame

,

have

only

sought

to

increase

your

own

,

and

I

am

convinced

that

you

have

succeeded

.

I

leave

you

,

therefore

,

as

I

took

you

--

rich

,

but

little

respected

.

Adieu

!

I

also

intend

from

this

time

to

work

on

my

own

account

.

Accept

my

acknowledgments

for

the

example

you

have

set

me

,

and

which

I

intend

following

.

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Your

very

devoted

husband

,

"

Baron

Danglars

.

"

The

baroness

had

watched

Debray

while

he

read

this

long

and

painful

letter

,

and

saw

him

,

notwithstanding

his

self-control

,

change

color

once

or

twice

.

When

he

had

ended

the

perusal

,

he

folded

the

letter

and

resumed

his

pensive

attitude

.

"

Well

?

"

asked

Madame

Danglars

,

with

an

anxiety

easy

to

be

understood

.

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"

Well

,

madame

?

"

unhesitatingly

repeated

Debray

.

"

With

what

ideas

does

that

letter

inspire

you

?

"

"

Oh

,

it

is

simple

enough

,

madame

;

it

inspires

me

with

the

idea

that

M.

Danglars

has

left

suspiciously

.

"

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