Граф Монте-Кристо

Haidee.

           "

           Albert,withoutknowingwhy,startedonhearingthesewordspronouncedwithsuchahaughtyanddignifiedaccent;itappearedtohimasiftherewassomethingsupernaturallygloomyandterribleintheexpressionwhichgleamedfromthebrillianteyesofHaideeatthismoment;sheappearedlikeaPythonessevokingaspectre,assherecalledtohismindtheremembranceofthefearfuldeathofthisman,tothenewsofwhichallEuropehadlistenedwithhorror."Soon,"saidHaidee,"wehaltedonourmarch,andfoundourselvesonthebordersofalake.Mymotherpressedmetoherthrobbingheart,andatthedistanceofafewpacesIsawmyfather,whowasglancinganxiouslyaround.Fourmarblestepsleddowntothewater’sedge,andbelowthemwasaboatfloatingonthetide.

           "FromwherewestoodIcouldseeinthemiddleofthelakealargeblankmass;itwasthekiosktowhichweweregoing.Thiskioskappearedtometobeataconsiderabledistance,perhapsonaccountofthedarknessofthenight,whichpreventedanyobjectfrombeingmorethanpartiallydiscerned.Westeppedintotheboat.Irememberwellthattheoarsmadenonoisewhateverinstrikingthewater,andwhenIleanedovertoascertainthecauseIsawthattheyweremuffledwiththesashesofourPalikares.14Besidestherowers,theboatcontainedonlythewomen,myfather,mother,Selim,andmyself.

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