Граф Монте-Кристо

The Trial.

           Oneofthenoblepeers,whowasfamiliarwiththeArabiclanguage,havingstudieditduringthefamousEgyptiancampaign,followedwithhiseyeasthetranslatorreadaloud:

           "‘I,El–Kobbir,aslave-merchant,andpurveyoroftheharemofhishighness,acknowledgehavingreceivedfortransmissiontothesublimeemperor,fromtheFrenchlord,theCountofMonteCristo,anemeraldvaluedateighthundredthousandfrancs;astheransomofayoungChristianslaveofelevenyearsofage,namedHaidee,theacknowledgeddaughterofthelatelordAliTepelini,pashaofYanina,andofVasiliki,hisfavorite;shehavingbeensoldtomesevenyearspreviously,withhermother,whohaddiedonarrivingatConstantinople,byaFrenchcolonelintheserviceoftheVizierAliTepelini,namedFernandMondego.Theabove-mentionedpurchasewasmadeonhishighness’saccount,whosemandateIhad,forthesumoffourhundredthousandfrancs.

           "‘GivenatConstantinople,byauthorityofhishighness,intheyear1247oftheHegira.

           "‘SignedEl–Kobbir.’

           "‘Thatthisrecordshouldhavealldueauthority,itshallbeartheimperialseal,whichthevendorisboundtohaveaffixedtoit.’

           "Nearthemerchant’ssignaturetherewas,indeed,thesealofthesublimeemperor.Adreadfulsilencefollowedthereadingofthisdocument;thecountcouldonlystare,andhisgaze,fixedasifunconsciouslyonHaidee,seemedoneoffireandblood.

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