Граф Монте-Кристо

The Inquiry.

           

           Theenvoypresentedhisletterofintroduction,whichthelatterreadwithEnglishcoolness,andhavingfinished"Iunderstand,"saidhe,"perfectly."

           Thenbeganthequestions,whichweresimilartothosewhichhadbeenaddressedtotheAbbeBusoni.ButasLordWilmore,inthecharacterofthecount’senemy,waslessrestrainedinhisanswers,theyweremorenumerous;hedescribedtheyouthofMonteCristo,whohesaid,attenyearsofage,enteredtheserviceofoneofthepettysovereignsofIndiawhomakewarontheEnglish.ItwasthereWilmorehadfirstmethimandfoughtagainsthim;andinthatwarZacconehadbeentakenprisoner,senttoEngland,andconsignedtothehulks,whencehehadescapedbyswimming.Thenbeganhistravels,hisduels,hiscaprices;thentheinsurrectioninGreecebrokeout,andhehadservedintheGrecianranks.WhileinthatservicehehaddiscoveredasilvermineinthemountainsofThessaly,buthehadbeencarefultoconcealitfromeveryone.AfterthebattleofNavarino,whentheGreekgovernmentwasconsolidated,heaskedofKingOthoamininggrantforthatdistrict,whichwasgivenhim.Hencethatimmensefortune,which,inLordWilmore’sopinion,possiblyamountedtooneortwomillionsperannumaprecariousfortune,whichmightbemomentarilylostbythefailureofthemine.

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