Граф Монте-Кристо

Number 34 and Number 27.

           Hehadnoticed,however,thattheprisonerontheothersidehadceasedtolabor;nomatter,thiswasagreaterreasonforproceedingifhisneighborwouldnotcometohim,hewouldgotohisneighbor.Alldayhetoiledonuntiringly,andbytheeveninghehadsucceededinextractingtenhandfulsofplasterandfragmentsofstone.Whenthehourforhisjailer’svisitarrived,Dantesstraightenedthehandleofthesaucepanaswellashecould,andplaceditinitsaccustomedplace.Theturnkeypouredhisrationofsoupintoit,togetherwiththefishforthriceaweektheprisonersweredeprivedofmeat.Thiswouldhavebeenamethodofreckoningtime,hadnotDanteslongceasedtodoso.Havingpouredoutthesoup,theturnkeyretired.Danteswishedtoascertainwhetherhisneighborhadreallyceasedtowork.Helistenedallwassilent,asithadbeenforthelastthreedays.Dantessighed;itwasevidentthathisneighbordistrustedhim.However,hetoiledonallthenightwithoutbeingdiscouraged;butaftertwoorthreehoursheencounteredanobstacle.Theironmadenoimpression,butmetwithasmoothsurface;Dantestouchedit,andfoundthatitwasabeam.Thisbeamcrossed,orratherblockedup,theholeDanteshadmade;itwasnecessary,therefore,todigaboveorunderit.Theunhappyyoungmanhadnotthoughtofthis."OmyGod,myGod!"murmuredhe,"Ihavesoearnestlyprayedtoyou,thatIhopedmyprayershadbeenheard.

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