Граф Монте-Кристо

A Learned Italian.

           Thisloophole,whichgraduallydiminishedinsizeasitapproachedtheoutside,toanopeningthroughwhichachildcouldnothavepassed,was,forbettersecurity,furnishedwiththreeironbars,soastoquietallapprehensionseveninthemindofthemostsuspiciousjailerastothepossibilityofaprisoner’sescape.Asthestrangeraskedthequestion,hedraggedthetablebeneaththewindow.

           "Climbup,"saidhetoDantes.Theyoungmanobeyed,mountedonthetable,and,diviningthewishesofhiscompanion,placedhisbacksecurelyagainstthewallandheldoutbothhands.Thestranger,whomasyetDantesknewonlybythenumberofhiscell,sprangupwithanagilitybynomeanstobeexpectedinapersonofhisyears,and,lightandsteadyonhisfeetasacatoralizard,climbedfromthetabletotheoutstretchedhandsofDantes,andfromthemtohisshoulders;then,bendingdouble,fortheceilingofthedungeonpreventedhimfromholdinghimselferect,hemanagedtosliphisheadbetweentheupperbarsofthewindow,soastobeabletocommandaperfectviewfromtoptobottom.

           Aninstantafterwardshehastilydrewbackhishead,saying,"Ithoughtso!"andslidingfromtheshouldersofDantesasdextrouslyashehadascended,henimblyleapedfromthetabletotheground.

           "Whatwasitthatyouthought?"askedtheyoungmananxiously,inhisturndescendingfromthetable.

           Theelderprisonerponderedthematter."Yes,"saidheatlength,"itisso.

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