"But it seems to me," Monte Cristo said, "and I must apologize for what I'm about to say, but if Monsieur Noirtier is disinheriting Mademoiselle de Villefort because she's marrying the son of a man he despised, he can't have the same complaint against dear Edward."
"True," Madame de Villefort said with an indescribable tone. "Isn't it unjust, shamefully unjust? Poor Edward is just as much Monsieur Noirtier's grandchild as Valentine. Yet if she hadn't been marrying Monsieur Franz, Monsieur Noirtier would have left her everything. And even if Valentine is disinherited by her grandfather, she'll still be three times richer than Edward."
The count listened but said nothing more.
