At the precise time when madame danglars , dressed in black and concealed in a long veil , was ascending the stairs leading to debray s apartments , - notwithstanding the assurances of the conci rge that the young man was not at home , - debray was occupied in repelling the insinuations of a friend , who tried to persuade him that after the terrible scene which had just taken place he ought , as a friend of the family , to marry mademoiselle danglars and her two millions . debray did not defend himself very warmly , for the idea had sometimes crossed his mind ; still , when he recollected the independent , proud spirit of eug 德布雷为自己辩护时的神情，象是一个极力想使自己被对方说服的人一样，因为那个念头常常在他的脑子里出现但想起欧热妮那种傲慢不逊的性格，他便又采取了完全抗拒的态度，声称那件婚事从各方面看都是不可能的，但自己仍在偷偷地转那个坏念头，这一切，据所有的道德专家说，甚至最可敬和头脑最纯洁的人也是难免的，因为那种坏念头藏在他灵魂的深处，象魔鬼撒旦藏在十字架后面一样。
