Граф Монте-Кристо

Haidee.

           "

           "Youareright;andsheisoneofthegreatestinhercountrytoo."

           "Ithoughtso.Buthowdidithappenthatsuchagreatprincessbecameaslave?"

           "HowwasitthatDionysiustheTyrantbecameaschoolmaster?Thefortuneofwar,mydearviscountthecapriceoffortune;thatisthewayinwhichthesethingsaretobeaccountedfor."

           "Andishernameasecret?"

           "Asregardsthegeneralityofmankinditis;butnotforyou,mydearviscount,whoareoneofmymostintimatefriends,andonwhosesilenceIfeelImayrely,ifIconsideritnecessarytoenjoinitmayInotdoso?"

           "Certainly;onmywordofhonor."

           "YouknowthehistoryofthePashaofYanina,doyounot?"

           "OfAliTepelini?13Oh,yes;itwasinhisservicethatmyfathermadehisfortune."

           "True,Ihadforgottenthat."

           13AliPasha,"TheLion,"wasbornatTepelini,anAlbanianvillageatthefootoftheKlissouraMountains,in1741.BydiplomacyandsuccessinarmshebecamealmostsupremerulerofAlbania,Epirus,andadjacentterritory.HavingarousedtheenmityoftheSultan,hewasproscribedandputtodeathbytreacheryin1822,attheageofeighty.Ed.

           "Well,whatisHaideetoAliTepelini?"

           "Merelyhisdaughter."

           "What?thedaughterofAliPasha?"

           "OfAliPashaandthebeautifulVasiliki.

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