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M.
Noirtier
was
a
true
prophet
,
and
things
progressed
rapidly
,
as
he
had
predicted
.
Every
one
knows
the
history
of
the
famous
return
from
Elba
,
a
return
which
was
unprecedented
in
the
past
,
and
will
probably
remain
without
a
counterpart
in
the
future
.
Louis
XVIII
.
made
but
a
faint
attempt
to
parry
this
unexpected
blow
;
the
monarchy
he
had
scarcely
reconstructed
tottered
on
its
precarious
foundation
,
and
at
a
sign
from
the
emperor
the
incongruous
structure
of
ancient
prejudices
and
new
ideas
fell
to
the
ground
.
Villefort
,
therefore
,
gained
nothing
save
the
king
's
gratitude
(
which
was
rather
likely
to
injure
him
at
the
present
time
)
and
the
cross
of
the
Legion
of
Honor
,
which
he
had
the
prudence
not
to
wear
,
although
M.
de
Blacas
had
duly
forwarded
the
brevet
.
Napoleon
would
,
doubtless
,
have
deprived
Villefort
of
his
office
had
it
not
been
for
Noirtier
,
who
was
all
powerful
at
court
,
and
thus
the
Girondin
of
'
93
and
the
Senator
of
1806
protected
him
who
so
lately
had
been
his
protector
.
All
Villefort
's
influence
barely
enabled
him
to
stifle
the
secret
Dantes
had
so
nearly
divulged
.
The
king
's
procureur
alone
was
deprived
of
his
office
,
being
suspected
of
royalism
.
However
,
scarcely
was
the
imperial
power
established
--
that
is
,
scarcely
had
the
emperor
re-entered
the
Tuileries
and
begun
to
issue
orders
from
the
closet
into
which
we
have
introduced
our
readers
--
he
found
on
the
table
there
Louis
XVIII
.
'
s
half-filled
snuff-box
--
scarcely
had
this
occurred
when
Marseilles
began
,
in
spite
of
the
authorities
,
to
rekindle
the
flames
of
civil
war
,
always
smouldering
in
the
south
,
and
it
required
but
little
to
excite
the
populace
to
acts
of
far
greater
violence
than
the
shouts
and
insults
with
which
they
assailed
the
royalists
whenever
they
ventured
abroad
.
Owing
to
this
change
,
the
worthy
shipowner
became
at
that
moment
--
we
will
not
say
all
powerful
,
because
Morrel
was
a
prudent
and
rather
a
timid
man
,
so
much
so
,
that
many
of
the
most
zealous
partisans
of
Bonaparte
accused
him
of
"
moderation
"
--
but
sufficiently
influential
to
make
a
demand
in
favor
of
Dantes
.
Villefort
retained
his
place
,
but
his
marriage
was
put
off
until
a
more
favorable
opportunity
.
If
the
emperor
remained
on
the
throne
,
Gerard
required
a
different
alliance
to
aid
his
career
;
if
Louis
XVIII
.
returned
,
the
influence
of
M.
de
Saint
--
Meran
,
like
his
own
,
could
be
vastly
increased
,
and
the
marriage
be
still
more
suitable
.
The
deputy-procureur
was
,
therefore
,
the
first
magistrate
of
Marseilles
,
when
one
morning
his
door
opened
,
and
M.
Morrel
was
announced
.
Any
one
else
would
have
hastened
to
receive
him
;
but
Villefort
was
a
man
of
ability
,
and
he
knew
this
would
be
a
sign
of
weakness
.
He
made
Morrel
wait
in
the
ante-chamber
,
although
he
had
no
one
with
him
,
for
the
simple
reason
that
the
king
's
procureur
always
makes
every
one
wait
,
and
after
passing
a
quarter
of
an
hour
in
reading
the
papers
,
he
ordered
M.
Morrel
to
be
admitted
.
Morrel
expected
Villefort
would
be
dejected
;
he
found
him
as
he
had
found
him
six
weeks
before
,
calm
,
firm
,
and
full
of
that
glacial
politeness
,
that
most
insurmountable
barrier
which
separates
the
well-bred
from
the
vulgar
man
.
He
had
entered
Villefort
's
office
expecting
that
the
magistrate
would
tremble
at
the
sight
of
him
;
on
the
contrary
,
he
felt
a
cold
shudder
all
over
him
when
he
saw
Villefort
sitting
there
with
his
elbow
on
his
desk
,
and
his
head
leaning
on
his
hand
.
He
stopped
at
the
door
;
Villefort
gazed
at
him
as
if
he
had
some
difficulty
in
recognizing
him
;
then
,
after
a
brief
interval
,
during
which
the
honest
shipowner
turned
his
hat
in
his
hands
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