Граф Монте-Кристо

The Hundred Days.

           "Theorderofimprisonmentcamefromhighauthority,andtheorderforhisliberationmustproceedfromthesamesource;and,asNapoleonhasscarcelybeenreinstatedafortnight,thelettershavenotyetbeenforwarded."

           "But,"saidMorrel,"istherenowayofexpeditingalltheseformalitiesofreleasinghimfromarrest?"

           "Therehasbeennoarrest."

           "How?"

           "Itissometimesessentialtogovernmenttocauseaman’sdisappearancewithoutleavinganytraces,sothatnowrittenformsordocumentsmaydefeattheirwishes."

           "ItmightbesoundertheBourbons,butatpresent"—

           "Ithasalwaysbeenso,mydearMorrel,sincethereignofLouisXIV.TheemperorismorestrictinprisondisciplinethanevenLouishimself,andthenumberofprisonerswhosenamesarenotontheregisterisincalculable."HadMorrelevenanysuspicions,somuchkindnesswouldhavedispelledthem.

           "Well,M.deVillefort,howwouldyouadvisemetoact?"askedhe.

           "Petitiontheminister."

           "Oh,Iknowwhatthatis;theministerreceivestwohundredpetitionseveryday,anddoesnotreadthree."

           "Thatistrue;buthewillreadapetitioncountersignedandpresentedbyme."

           "Andwillyouundertaketodeliverit?"

           "Withthegreatestpleasure.Danteswasthenguilty,andnowheisinnocent,anditisasmuchmydutytofreehimasitwastocondemnhim.

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