certificate

“The best thing I can do will be to certify the truth of the contents of your petition.” And, sitting down, Villefort wrote the certificate at the bottom.

He compared the writing in the bracket with the writing of the certificate placed beneath Morrel’s petition, and discovered that the note in the bracket was the same writing as the certificate—that is to say, was in Villefort’s handwriting.

“The certificate of your marriage with Oliva Corsinari, and the register of your child’s birth.”

“You married Oliva Corsinari in the church of San Paolo del Monte-Cattini; here is the priest’s certificate.”