Both Uses of
epistle
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The next morning he saw Albert pass and repass, holding an enormous bouquet, which he doubtless meant to make the bearer of his amorous epistle.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- Two hours afterwards, Madame Danglars received a most flattering epistle from the count, in which he entreated her to receive back her favorite "dappled grays," protesting that he could not endure the idea of making his entry into the Parisian world of fashion with the knowledge that his splendid equipage had been obtained at the price of a lovely woman's regrets.†
Chpt 47-48
Definition:
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(epistle) a letter -- especially a long, formal one
or:
a book of the New Testament in the form of a letter from an Apostle