All 47 Uses of
betrothed
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "She is not my mistress," replied the young sailor, gravely; "she is my betrothed."†
Chpt 1-2
- Mercedes courtesied gravely, and said—"That is not my name, and in my country it bodes ill fortune, they say, to call a young girl by the name of her betrothed before he becomes her husband.†
Chpt 3-4
- I would stab the man, but the woman told me that if any misfortune happened to her betrothed, she would kill herself.†
Chpt 3-4
- Danglars and Caderousse set off upon their errand at full speed; but ere they had gone many steps they perceived a group advancing towards them, composed of the betrothed pair, a party of young girls in attendance on the bride, by whose side walked Dantes' father; the whole brought up by Fernand, whose lips wore their usual sinister smile.†
Chpt 5-6
- "So that what we presumed to be merely the betrothal feast turns out to be the actual wedding dinner!" said Danglars.†
Chpt 5-6 *
- Well, I at least resemble the disciples of Esculapius in one thing—that of not being able to call a day my own, not even that of my betrothal.†
Chpt 5-6
- "O Villefort!" cried Renee, clasping her hands, and looking towards her lover with piteous earnestness, "be merciful on this the day of our betrothal."†
Chpt 5-6
- "These are mournful auspices to accompany a betrothal," sighed poor Renee.†
Chpt 5-6
- I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe;" then casting an expressive glance at his betrothed, which seemed to say, "Fear not, for your dear sake my justice shall be tempered with mercy," and receiving a sweet and approving smile in return, Villefort quitted the room.†
Chpt 5-6
- And after having assured himself that the prisoner was gone, the deputy procureur hastened to the house of his betrothed.†
Chpt 7-8
- The Evening of the Betrothal.†
Chpt 9-10
- "So serious, sire, that when the circumstance surprised me in the midst of a family festival, on the very day of my betrothal, I left my bride and friends, postponing everything, that I might hasten to lay at your majesty's feet the fears which impressed me, and the assurance of my devotion."†
Chpt 9-10
- No, not even to my betrothed.†
Chpt 17-18
- 'I once possessed four dear and faithful friends, besides the maiden to whom I was betrothed' he said; 'and I feel convinced they have all unfeignedly grieved over my loss.†
Chpt 25-26
- 'The third of my friends, although my rival, was much attached to me,—his name was Fernand; that of my betrothed was'—Stay, stay," continued the abbe, "I have forgotten what he called her."†
Chpt 25-26
- "The name of Edmond's betrothed was Mercedes."†
Chpt 25-26
- It is a beautiful diamond left by poor Edmond Dantes, to be sold, and the money divided between his father, Mercedes, his betrothed bride, Fernand, Danglars, and myself.†
Chpt 25-26
- Was it not his betrothal feast?†
Chpt 27-28
- At La Reserve, the day before the betrothal feast.†
Chpt 27-28
- "Well, Mercedes was married," proceeded Caderousse; "but although in the eyes of the world she appeared calm, she nearly fainted as she passed La Reserve, where, eighteen months before, the betrothal had been celebrated with him whom she might have known she still loved had she looked to the bottom of her heart.†
Chpt 27-28
- "Oh," replied Caderousse, "did he know so little of his lovely betrothed?†
Chpt 27-28
- Vampa then rushed towards Teresa; for at ten paces from the dying man her legs had failed her, and she had dropped on her knees, so that the young man feared that the ball that had brought down his enemy, had also wounded his betrothed.†
Chpt 33-34
- The young man saw the effect produced on his betrothed, and a smile of pride passed over his lips.†
Chpt 33-34
- —'I have killed your chief, Cucumetto, whose dress I now wear; and I set fire to the villa San-Felice to procure a wedding-dress for my betrothed.'†
Chpt 33-34
- If a man had by unheard-of and excruciating tortures destroyed your father, your mother, your betrothed,—a being who, when torn from you, left a desolation, a wound that never closes, in your breast,—do you think the reparation that society gives you is sufficient when it interposes the knife of the guillotine between the base of the occiput and the trapezal muscles of the murderer, and allows him who has caused us years of moral sufferings to escape with a few moments of physical…†
Chpt 35-36
- "No," replied Morcerf, "my father is most anxious about it; and I hope, ere long, to introduce you, if not to my wife, at least to my betrothed—Mademoiselle Eugenie Danglars."†
Chpt 39-40
- You tell me of M. Franz d'Epinay, your betrothed lover, and you shrink from the idea of being his wife; but tell me, Valentine, is there no other sorrow in your heart?†
Chpt 51-52
- "Madame," said Lucien, playing with a little dog, who, recognizing him as a friend of the house, expected to be caressed, "I am not the only one who makes similar complaints, I think I heard Morcerf say that he could not extract a word from his betrothed."†
Chpt 65-66
- But he is betrothed to your daughter, I believe?†
Chpt 65-66
- I was not so in my youth, I was not so on the night of the betrothal, when we were all seated around a table in the Rue du Cours at Marseilles.†
Chpt 67-68
- "Yes," said Valentine, "I will now acknowledge you are right, Maximilian; and now are you satisfied with your betrothal?" said the young girl sorrowfully.†
Chpt 73-74
- Your betrothed, Valentine de Villefort.†
Chpt 73-74
- I will tell him the ties which bind me to Mademoiselle Valentine; if he be a sensible man, he will prove it by renouncing of his own accord the hand of his betrothed, and will secure my friendship, and love until death; if he refuse, either through interest or ridiculous pride, after I have proved to him that he would be forcing my wife from me, that Valentine loves me, and will have no other, I will fight with him, give him every advantage, and I shall kill him, or he will kill me; if…†
Chpt 73-74
- If, perchance, M. de Morcerf came, he would find M. Cavalcanti in that room, where he, the betrothed of Eugenie, has never been admitted.†
Chpt 75-76
- "Happy rogue," said Caderousse; "you are going to find your servants, your horses, your carriage, and your betrothed!"†
Chpt 81-82
- It was expected that this wedding would shortly take place, as the young man was received at the banker's as the betrothed.†
Chpt 83-84
- I had a betrothed, Albert, a lovely girl whom I adored, and I was bringing to my betrothed a hundred and fifty louis, painfully amassed by ceaseless toil.†
Chpt 91-92
- I had a betrothed, Albert, a lovely girl whom I adored, and I was bringing to my betrothed a hundred and fifty louis, painfully amassed by ceaseless toil.†
Chpt 91-92
- For, notwithstanding all my sorrows and my tortures, I show you to-day a face which the happiness of revenge makes young again—a face you must often have seen in your dreams since your marriage with Mercedes, my betrothed!†
Chpt 91-92
- Now, let me tell you some news; Eugenie is to be married in a week, and in three days there is to be a grand feast, a betrothal festival.†
Chpt 93-94
- Besides, your own fortune, as your father assured me, is almost equal to that of your betrothed.†
Chpt 95-96
- The betrothed had retired, as we said, with haughty air, disdainful lip, and the demeanor of an outraged queen, followed by her companion, who was paler and more disturbed than herself.†
Chpt 97-98
- "Tell them," said Morrel in a hoarse voice, "tell them that I am her betrothed.†
Chpt 103-104
- At length Villefort, the most composed of all, spoke: "Sir," said he to Maximilian, "you say you loved Valentine, that you were betrothed to her.†
Chpt 103-104
- He was young, he had an old father whom he loved, a betrothed bride whom he adored.†
Chpt 113-114
- Worse than that, she was faithless, and had married one of the persecutors of her betrothed.†
Chpt 113-114
- I am he whom you sold and dishonored—I am he whose betrothed you prostituted—I am he upon whom you trampled that you might raise yourself to fortune—I am he whose father you condemned to die of hunger—I am he whom you also condemned to starvation, and who yet forgives you, because he hopes to be forgiven—I am Edmond Dantes!†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(betrothed) promised to marry; or the person who has promised to marry