Граф Монте-Кристо

The Suicide.

           deMorcerfintothedrawing-room,"saidhetoBaptistin,whileheledthebeautifulGreekgirltoaprivatestaircase.

           Wemustexplainthisvisit,whichalthoughexpectedbyMonteCristo,isunexpectedtoourreaders.WhileMercedes,aswehavesaid,wasmakingasimilarinventoryofherpropertytoAlbert’s,whileshewasarrangingherjewels,shuttingherdrawers,collectingherkeys,toleaveeverythinginperfectorder,shedidnotperceiveapaleandsinisterfaceataglassdoorwhichthrewlightintothepassage,fromwhicheverythingcouldbebothseenandheard.Hewhowasthuslooking,withoutbeingheardorseen,probablyheardandsawallthatpassedinMadamedeMorcerf’sapartments.Fromthatglassdoorthepale-facedmanwenttothecount’sbedroomandraisedwithaconstrictedhandthecurtainofawindowoverlookingthecourt-yard.Heremainedtheretenminutes,motionlessanddumb,listeningtothebeatingofhisownheart.Forhimthosetenminuteswereverylong.ItwasthenAlbert,returningfromhismeetingwiththecount,perceivedhisfatherwatchingforhisarrivalbehindacurtain,andturnedaside.Thecount’seyeexpanded;heknewAlberthadinsultedthecountdreadfully,andthatineverycountryintheworldsuchaninsultwouldleadtoadeadlyduel.Albertreturnedsafelythenthecountwasrevenged.

           Anindescribablerayofjoyilluminedthatwretchedcountenancelikethelastrayofthesunbeforeitdisappearsbehindthecloudswhichbeartheaspect,notofadownycouch,butofatomb.

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