Граф Монте-Кристо

The Departure.

           ErelongMarseillespresentedherselftoview—Marseilles,white,fervid,fulloflifeandenergy—Marseilles,theyoungersisterofTyreandCarthage,thesuccessortothemintheempireoftheMediterranean—Marseilles,old,yetalwaysyoung.Powerfulmemorieswerestirredwithinthembythesightoftheroundtower,FortSaint–Nicolas,theCityHalldesignedbyPuget,28theportwithitsbrickquays,wheretheyhadbothplayedinchildhood,anditwaswithoneaccordthattheystoppedontheCannebiere.AvesselwassettingsailforAlgiers,onboardofwhichthebustleusuallyattendingdepartureprevailed.Thepassengersandtheirrelationscrowdedonthedeck,friendstakingatenderbutsorrowfulleaveofeachother,someweeping,othersnoisyintheirgrief,thewholeformingaspectaclethatmightbeexcitingeventothosewhowitnessedsimilarsightsdaily,butwhichhadnopowertodisturbthecurrentofthoughtthathadtakenpossessionofthemindofMaximilianfromthemomenthehadsetfootonthebroadpavementofthequay.

           28PierrePuget,thesculptor-architect,wasbornatMarseillesin1622.

           "Here,"saidhe,leaningheavilyonthearmofMonteCristo—"hereisthespotwheremyfatherstopped,whenthePharaonenteredtheport;itwasherethatthegoodoldman,whomyousavedfromdeathanddishonor,threwhimselfintomyarms.Iyetfeelhiswarmtearsonmyface,andhiswerenottheonlytearsshed,formanywhowitnessedourmeetingweptalso.

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