All 4 Uses of
diligent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- But three weeks had already passed, and the most diligent search had been unsuccessful;
Chpt 83-84 *diligent = hard-working
- It would be impossible to make use of a diligence, equally so to engage post-horses; to travel either way a passport was necessary.†
Chpt 97-98
- The next day, just as Debray was signing the deed, that is about five o'clock in the afternoon, Madame de Morcerf, after having affectionately embraced her son, entered the coupe of the diligence, which closed upon her.†
Chpt 105-106
- A man was hidden in Lafitte's banking-house, behind one of the little arched windows which are placed above each desk; he saw Mercedes enter the diligence, and he also saw Albert withdraw.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
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(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties