A character in The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre; Maquet, Auguste
Villefort's father, a fierce old Bonapartist left wholly paralysed by a stroke, who communicates only through his eyes and fiercely protects his granddaughter Valentine.
Also known as: M. Noirtier
Inside the story
Noirtier de Villefort is the father of the royalist prosecutor Villefort and a fierce old Bonapartist. Left wholly paralysed by a stroke, he can communicate only through his eyes and remains a watchful, protective presence for his granddaughter, Valentine.
An elderly man wholly paralysed and voiceless, seated motionless in his chair; only his dark, intensely expressive, living eyes move beneath a still, mask-like face.
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