"Then you must abide the consequences." He turned to Captain Stanhill and Caldew. "It will be necessary to search the housekeeper's rooms. “Mercédès was at first in the deepest despair at the blow which deprived her of Edmond.
I have told you of her attempts to propitiate M. Something like fear sprang up in the young lady’s expressive black eyes. “Why, you are like a magician,” said she.
Lumbe, you remain here and take charge of these two women. Do not allow either of them to leave the room on any pretext. de Villefort, her devotion to the elder Dantès.
In the midst of her despair, a new affliction overtook her. “How do you know that?” She smiled, but there was no answering smile in Holmes’ thin, eager face. You had better keep the door locked until we return."
This was the departure of Fernand—of Fernand, whose crime she did not know, and whom she regarded as her brother. Fernand went, and Mercédès remained alone.