Граф Монте-Кристо

The Hundred Days.

           "ThisassurancedelightedMorrel,whotookleaveofVillefort,andhastenedtoannouncetooldDantesthathewouldsoonseehisson.

           AsforVillefort,insteadofsendingtoParis,hecarefullypreservedthepetitionthatsofearfullycompromisedDantes,inthehopesofaneventthatseemednotunlikelythatis,asecondrestoration.Dantesremainedaprisoner,andheardnotthenoiseofthefallofLouisXVIII.‘sthrone,orthestillmoretragicdestructionoftheempire.

           TwiceduringtheHundredDayshadMorrelrenewedhisdemand,andtwicehadVillefortsoothedhimwithpromises.AtlasttherewasWaterloo,andMorrelcamenomore;hehaddoneallthatwasinhispower,andanyfreshattemptwouldonlycompromisehimselfuselessly.

           LouisXVIII.remountedthethrone;Villefort,towhomMarseilleshadbecomefilledwithremorsefulmemories,soughtandobtainedthesituationofking’sprocureuratToulouse,andafortnightafterwardshemarriedMademoiselledeSaint–Meran,whosefathernowstoodhigheratcourtthanever.

           AndsoDantes,aftertheHundredDaysandafterWaterloo,remainedinhisdungeon,forgottenofearthandheaven.DanglarscomprehendedthefullextentofthewretchedfatethatoverwhelmedDantes;and,whenNapoleonreturnedtoFrance,he,afterthemannerofmediocreminds,termedthecoincidence,"adecreeofProvidence."ButwhenNapoleonreturnedtoParis,Danglars’heartfailedhim,andhelivedinconstantfearofDantes’returnonamissionofvengeance.

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