The fair inference from all this is, that the stealing of the Moonstone was the motive of the
crime.
He alone- with his ideal of glory and grandeur developed in Italy and Egypt, his insane self-adulation, his boldness in
crime and frankness in lying- he alone could justify what had to be done.
"The fool's
crime is the
crime that is found out, and the wise man's
crime is the
crime that is NOT found out.
At the Bar cafe, where the reporters assembled before going to any of the courts, or to the Prefecture, in search of their news of
crime, he began to win a reputation as an unraveller of intricate and obscure affairs which found its way to the office of the Chief of the Surete.
"Carry this cat away to prison, and keep her in safe confinement until she is tried by law for the
crime of murder."
"Oh," said Madame de Villefort, smiling, "are you courageous enough to sit down upon the very seat perhaps upon which the
crime was committed?" Madame Danglars rose suddenly.
As to whether I have committed this
crime, the truth is in one sentence: I could not have committed this
crime.
When he compared the public
crimes of this minister--startling
crimes, European
crimes, if so we may say--with the private and unknown
crimes with which Milady had charged him, Felton found that the more culpable of the two men which formed the character of Buckingham was the one of whom the public knew not the life.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the
crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Will this
crime persuade you of the justice of her punishment -- for of all this I have the proofs?"
"There are other consequences, not indeed so dreadful or replete with horror as this; and yet such, as, if attentively considered, must, one would think, deter all of your sex at least from the commission of this
crime.
How were you driven to commit such a terrible
crime?"