Граф Монте-Кристо

The Departure.

           MonteCristoremainedonthesamespotuntilMaximilianwasoutofsight;hethenwalkedslowlytowardstheAlleesdeMeillantoseekoutasmallhousewithwhichourreadersweremadefamiliaratthebeginningofthisstory.Ityetstood,undertheshadeofthefineavenueoflime-trees,whichformsoneofthemostfrequentwalksoftheidlersofMarseilles,coveredbyanimmensevine,whichspreadsitsagedandblackenedbranchesoverthestonefront,burntyellowbytheardentsunofthesouth.Twostonestepswornawaybythefrictionofmanyfeetledtothedoor,whichwasmadeofthreeplanks;thedoorhadneverbeenpaintedorvarnished,sogreatcracksyawnedinitduringthedryseasontocloseagainwhentherainscameon.Thehouse,withallitscrumblingantiquityandapparentmisery,wasyetcheerfulandpicturesque,andwasthesamethatoldDantesformerlyinhabitedtheonlydifferencebeingthattheoldmanoccupiedmerelythegarret,whilethewholehousewasnowplacedatthecommandofMercedesbythecount.

           Thewomanwhomthecounthadseenleavetheshipwithsomuchregretenteredthishouse;shehadscarcelyclosedthedoorafterherwhenMonteCristoappearedatthecornerofastreet,sothathefoundandlostheragainalmostatthesameinstant.Thewornoutstepswereoldacquaintancesofhis;heknewbetterthananyoneelsehowtoopenthatweather-beatendoorwiththelargeheadednailwhichservedtoraisethelatchwithin.

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