Граф Монте-Кристо

Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.

           Danglarswasout,butthecountwasaskedtogoandseethebaroness,andheacceptedtheinvitation.Itwasneverwithoutanervousshudder,sincethedinneratAuteuil,andtheeventswhichfollowedit,thatMadameDanglarsheardMonteCristo’snameannounced.Ifhedidnotcome,thepainfulsensationbecamemostintense;if,onthecontrary,heappeared,hisnoblecountenance,hisbrillianteyes,hisamiability,hispoliteattentioneventowardsMadameDanglars,soondispelledeveryimpressionoffear.Itappearedimpossibletothebaronessthatamanofsuchdelightfullypleasingmannersshouldentertainevildesignsagainsther;besides,themostcorruptmindsonlysuspectevilwhenitwouldanswersomeinterestedend—uselessinjuryisrepugnanttoeverymind.WhenMonteCristoenteredtheboudoir—towhichwehavealreadyonceintroducedourreaders,andwherethebaronesswasexaminingsomedrawings,whichherdaughterpassedtoherafterhavinglookedatthemwithM.Cavalcanti—hispresencesoonproduceditsusualeffect,anditwaswithsmilesthatthebaronessreceivedthecount,althoughshehadbeenalittledisconcertedattheannouncementofhisname.Thelattertookinthewholesceneataglance.

           Thebaronesswaspartiallyrecliningonasofa,Eugeniesatnearher,andCavalcantiwasstanding.

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