All 6 Uses of
relapse
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- He had taken the silence of the old man for a return to reason; and now these few words uttered by Faria, after so painful a crisis, seemed to indicate a serious relapse into mental alienation.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- "Alas," murmured Edmond to himself, "this is a terrible relapse!†
Chpt 17-18
- The actors made their entries and exits unobserved or unthought of; at certain conventional moments, the spectators would suddenly cease their conversation, or rouse themselves from their musings, to listen to some brilliant effort of Moriani's, a well-executed recitative by Coselli, or to join in loud applause at the wonderful powers of La Specchia; but that momentary excitement over, they quickly relapsed into their former state of preoccupation or interesting conversation.†
Chpt 33-34
- "It is not so much the loss of the money that vexes me," said Villefort, "though, after all, 900,000 francs are worth regretting; but I am the more annoyed with this fate, chance, or whatever you please to call the power which has destroyed my hopes and my fortune, and may blast the prospects of my child also, as it is all occasioned by an old man relapsed into second childhood."†
Chpt 59-60
- A bad relapse, that will lead you, if I mistake not, to the Place de Greve.†
Chpt 81-82
- Then, seeing the young man was about to relapse into melancholy, "Let us go out, Albert," said he; "a ride in the wood in the phaeton, or on horseback, will refresh you; we will then return to breakfast, and you shall attend to your affairs, and I to mine."†
Chpt 83-84
Definition:
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(relapse) to return to an undesirable previous condition -- especially illness, addiction, or bad behavior