Граф Монте-Кристо

The Promise.

           "ThenturningtoMaximilian,withanadorablesmile;althoughshadedbysorrow"HeknowseverythingIknow,"saidshe.

           Valentinearose,placedachairforMorrel,requestedBarroisnottoadmitanyone,andhavingtenderlyembracedhergrandfather,andsorrowfullytakenleaveofMorrel,shewentaway.ToprovetoNoirtierthathewasinValentine’sconfidenceandknewalltheirsecrets,Morreltookthedictionary,apen,andsomepaper,andplacedthemallonatablewheretherewasalight.

           "Butfirst,"saidMorrel,"allowme,sir,totellyouwhoIam,howmuchIloveMademoiselleValentine,andwhataremydesignsrespectingher."Noirtiermadeasignthathewouldlisten.

           Itwasanimposingsighttowitnessthisoldman,apparentlyamereuselessburden,becomingthesoleprotector,support,andadviseroftheloverswhowerebothyoung,beautiful,andstrong.HisremarkablynobleandaustereexpressionstruckMorrel,whobeganhisstorywithtrembling.HerelatedthemannerinwhichhehadbecomeacquaintedwithValentine,andhowhehadlovedher,andthatValentine,inhersolitudeandhermisfortune,hadacceptedtheofferofhisdevotion.Hetoldhimhisbirth,hisposition,hisfortune,andmorethanonce,whenheconsultedthelookoftheparalytic,thatlookanswered,"Thatisgood,proceed.

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