All 5 Uses of
disinterment
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In a second I had disinterred the box; then, that it might not be known I had done so, I filled up the hole, threw the spade over the wall, and rushed through the door, which I double-locked, carrying off the key.†
Chpt 43-44
- Is it not by chance that the unfortunate child was disinterred under the trees?†
Chpt 67-68 *
- "Well, no, madame,—this is the terrible news I have to tell you," said Villefort in a hollow voice—"no, nothing was found beneath the flowers; there was no child disinterred—no. You must not weep, no, you must not groan, you must tremble!"†
Chpt 67-68
- This child lives, and some one knows it lives—some one is in possession of our secret; and since Monte Cristo speaks before us of a child disinterred, when that child could not be found, it is he who is in possession of our secret.†
Chpt 67-68
- In less than one week from this time I will ascertain who this M. de Monte Cristo is, whence he comes, where he goes, and why he speaks in our presence of children that have been disinterred in a garden.†
Chpt 67-68
Definition:
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(disinterment) the digging up or removal of a corpse from a grave