Граф Монте-Кристо

The Apparition.

           Thisdidnotseemsufficient;theman,orrathertheghostforhetrodsosoftlythatnosoundwasheardthenpouredoutaboutaspoonfulintotheglass,anddrankit.Valentinewitnessedthisscenewithasentimentofstupefaction.Everyminuteshehadexpectedthatitwouldvanishandgiveplacetoanothervision;buttheman,insteadofdissolvinglikeashadow,againapproachedher,andsaidinanagitatedvoice,"Nowyoumaydrink."

           Valentineshuddered.Itwasthefirsttimeoneofthesevisionshadeveraddressedherinalivingvoice,andshewasabouttoutteranexclamation.Themanplacedhisfingeronherlips."TheCountofMonteCristo!"shemurmured.

           Itwaseasytoseethatnodoubtnowremainedintheyounggirl’smindastotherealityofthescene;hereyesstartedwithterror,herhandstrembled,andsherapidlydrewthebedclothesclosertoher.Still,thepresenceofMonteCristoatsuchanhour,hismysterious,fanciful,andextraordinaryentranceintoherroomthroughthewall,mightwellseemimpossibilitiestohershatteredreason."Donotcallanyonedonotbealarmed,"saidtheCount;"donotletashadeofsuspicionoruneasinessremaininyourbreast;themanstandingbeforeyou,Valentine(forthistimeitisnoghost),isnothingmorethanthetenderestfatherandthemostrespectfulfriendyoucoulddreamof.

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