Граф Монте-Кристо

A Signed Statement.

           NoirtierlookedatVillefortwithanalmostsublimeexpressionofcontemptandpride.Franzcontinued:

           "‘Itwas,aswesaid,thefifthofFebruary.Forthreedaysthemercuryhadbeenfiveorsixdegreesbelowfreezingandthestepswerecoveredwithice.Thegeneralwasstoutandtall,thepresidentofferedhimthesideoftherailingtoassisthimingettingdown.Thetwowitnessesfollowed.Itwasadarknight.Thegroundfromthestepstotheriverwascoveredwithsnowandhoarfrost,thewateroftheriverlookedblackanddeep.Oneofthesecondswentforalanterninacoal-bargenear,andbyitslighttheyexaminedtheweapons.Thepresident’ssword,whichwassimply,ashehadsaid,onehecarriedinhiscane,wasfiveinchesshorterthanthegeneral’s,andhadnoguard.Thegeneralproposedtocastlotsfortheswords,butthepresidentsaiditwashewhohadgiventheprovocation,andwhenhehadgivenithehadsupposedeachwouldusehisownarms.Thewitnessesendeavoredtoinsist,butthepresidentbadethembesilent.Thelanternwasplacedontheground,thetwoadversariestooktheirstations,andtheduelbegan.Thelightmadethetwoswordsappearlikeflashesoflightning;asforthemen,theywerescarcelyperceptible,thedarknesswassogreat.

           "‘Generald’Epinaypassedforoneofthebestswordsmeninthearmy,buthewaspressedsocloselyintheonsetthathemissedhisaimandfell.

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