The Count of Monte Cristo: Chapters 28–47

by Alexandre Dumas
After being falsely imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes, disguises himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, and seeks revenge. Learn these words from the 1888 translation by George Routledge and Sons. Read the full text here.

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  1. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
    “May I ask what that was?” said the Englishman with an expression of curiosity, which a close observer would have been astonished at discovering in his phlegmatic countenance.
  2. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
    “I will not,” continued he, after a moment’s silence, “conceal from you, that while your probity and exactitude up to this moment are universally acknowledged, yet the report is current in Marseilles that you are not able to meet your liabilities.”
  3. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
    The lower part of his dress was more distinctly visible by the bright rays of the moon, which, entering through the broken ceiling, shed their refulgent beams on feet cased in elegantly made boots of polished leather, over which descended fashionably cut trousers of black cloth.
  4. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
    “Excuse my little subterfuge,” said the countess, in reply to her companion’s half-reproachful observation on the subject; “but that horrid man had made me feel quite uncomfortable, and I longed to be alone, that I might compose my startled mind.”
  5. panegyric
    a formal expression of praise
    “It seems to me,” said Franz, speaking in an undertone to Albert, “that if this person merited the high panegyrics of our landlord, he would have conveyed his invitation through another channel, and not permitted it to be brought to us in this unceremonious way..."
  6. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
    “Why, your excellency,” returned the landlord, chuckling and rubbing his hands with infinite complacency, “I think I may take upon myself to say I neglect nothing to deserve the support and patronage of the noble visitors to this poor hotel.”
  7. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
    ‘...today, the 23rd of February, will be executed Andrea Rondolo, guilty of murder on the person of the respected and venerated Don César Torlini, canon of the church of St. John Lateran, and Peppino, called Rocca Priori, convicted of complicity with the detestable bandit Luigi Vampa, and the men of his band.’
  8. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
    “For Peppino!” cried Andrea, who seemed roused from the torpor in which he had been plunged.
  9. consummate
    complete and utter; without qualification or limitation
    The house of the Duke of Bracciano is one of the most delightful in Rome, the duchess, one of the last heiresses of the Colonnas, does its honors with the most consummate grace, and thus their fêtes have a European celebrity.
  10. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
    A rich uniform, half French, half Oriental, set off his graceful and stalwart figure, and his broad chest was decorated with the order of the Legion of Honor.
  11. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
    The count appeared, dressed with the greatest simplicity, but the most fastidious dandy could have found nothing to cavil at in his toilet.
  12. cavil
    raise trivial objections
    The count appeared, dressed with the greatest simplicity, but the most fastidious dandy could have found nothing to cavil at in his toilet.
  13. querulous
    habitually complaining
    The jeweller began eating his supper, and the woman, who was ordinarily so querulous and indifferent to all who approached her, was suddenly transformed into the most smiling and attentive hostess.
  14. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
    Evening came, and still, with all the patient solicitude of a mother, she watched for his return.
  15. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
    “Oh, those Villeforts are an accursed race!”
    “Truly they are,” murmured the count in a lugubrious tone.
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