Граф Монте-Кристо

Number 34 and Number 27.

           Danteswasamanofgreatsimplicityofthought,andwithouteducation;hecouldnot,therefore,inthesolitudeofhisdungeon,traverseinmentalvisionthehistoryoftheages,bringtolifethenationsthathadperished,andrebuildtheancientcitiessovastandstupendousinthelightoftheimagination,andthatpassbeforetheeyeglowingwithcelestialcolorsinMartin’sBabylonianpictures.Hecouldnotdothis,hewhosepastlifewassoshort,whosepresentsomelancholy,andhisfuturesodoubtful.Nineteenyearsoflighttoreflectuponineternaldarkness!Nodistractioncouldcometohisaid;hisenergeticspirit,thatwouldhaveexaltedinthusrevisitingthepast,wasimprisonedlikeaneagleinacage.Heclungtooneideathatofhishappiness,destroyed,withoutapparentcause,byanunheard-offatality;heconsideredandreconsideredthisidea,devouredit(sotospeak),astheimplacableUgolinodevourstheskullofArchbishopRogerintheInfernoofDante.

           Ragesupplantedreligiousfervor.Dantesutteredblasphemiesthatmadehisjailerrecoilwithhorror,dashedhimselffuriouslyagainstthewallsofhisprison,wreakedhisangeruponeverything,andchieflyuponhimself,sothattheleastthingagrainofsand,astraw,orabreathofairthatannoyedhim,ledtoparoxysmsoffury.ThentheletterthatVilleforthadshowedtohimrecurredtohismind,andeverylinegleamedforthinfierylettersonthewalllikethemenetekelupharsinofBelshazzar.

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