Граф Монте-Кристо

The Indictment.

           

           "Certainly,Imighthavelivedhappilyamongstthosegoodpeople,whoadoredme,butmyperversedispositionprevailedoverthevirtueswhichmyadoptedmotherendeavoredtoinstilintomyheart.IincreasedinwickednesstillIcommittedcrime.OnedaywhenIcursedProvidenceformakingmesowicked,andordainingmetosuchafate,myadoptedfathersaidtome,‘Donotblaspheme,unhappychild,thecrimeisthatofyourfather,notyoursofyourfather,whoconsignedyoutohellifyoudied,andtomiseryifamiraclepreservedyoualive.’AfterthatIceasedtoblaspheme,butIcursedmyfather.ThatiswhyIhaveutteredthewordsforwhichyoublameme;thatiswhyIhavefilledthiswholeassemblywithhorror.IfIhavecommittedanadditionalcrime,punishme,butifyouwillallowthateversincethedayofmybirthmyfatehasbeensad,bitter,andlamentable,thenpityme."

           "Butyourmother?"askedthepresident.

           "Mymotherthoughtmedead;sheisnotguilty.Ididnotevenwishtoknowhername,nordoIknowit."Justthenapiercingcry,endinginasob,burstfromthecentreofthecrowd,whoencircledtheladywhohadbeforefainted,andwhonowfellintoaviolentfitofhysterics.Shewascarriedoutofthehall,thethickveilwhichconcealedherfacedroppedoff,andMadameDanglarswasrecognized.Notwithstandinghisshatterednerves,theringingsensationinhisears,andthemadnesswhichturnedhisbrain,Villefortroseasheperceivedher.

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