Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.


The Count of Monte-Cristo (ed. 1846)


Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character, said the count; on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the...

Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character, said the count; on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the...

Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character, said the count; on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the...

Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character, said the count; on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the...