Граф Монте-Кристо

Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.

           Cavalcanti,dressedinblack,likeoneofGoethe’sheroes,withvarnishedshoesandwhitesilkopen-workedstockings,passedawhiteandtolerablynice-lookinghandthroughhislighthair,andsodisplayedasparklingdiamond,thatinspiteofMonteCristo’sadvicethevainyoungmanhadbeenunabletoresistputtingonhislittlefinger.ThismovementwasaccompaniedbykillingglancesatMademoiselleDanglars,andbysighslaunchedinthesamedirection.MademoiselleDanglarswasstillthesamecold,beautiful,andsatirical.Notoneoftheseglances,noronesigh,waslostonher;theymighthavebeensaidtofallontheshieldofMinerva,whichsomephilosophersassertprotectedsometimesthebreastofSappho.Eugeniebowedcoldlytothecount,andavailedherselfofthefirstmomentwhentheconversationbecameearnesttoescapetoherstudy,whenceverysoontwocheerfulandnoisyvoicesbeingheardinconnectionwithoccasionalnotesofthepianoassuredMonteCristothatMademoiselleDanglarspreferredtohissocietyandtothatofM.CavalcantithecompanyofMademoiselleLouised’Armilly,hersingingteacher.

           Itwasthen,especiallywhileconversingwithMadameDanglars,andapparentlyabsorbedbythecharmoftheconversation,thatthecountnoticedM.AndreaCavalcanti’ssolicitude,hismanneroflisteningtothemusicatthedoorhedarednotpass,andofmanifestinghisadmiration.Thebankersoonreturned.HisfirstlookwascertainlydirectedtowardsMonteCristo,butthesecondwasforAndrea.

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