Граф Монте-Кристо

The Third Attack.

           Strangeshadowspassedoverthecountenanceofthedeadman,andattimesgaveittheappearanceoflife.Whilethestrugglebetweendayandnightlasted,Dantesstilldoubted;butassoonasthedaylightgainedthepreeminence,hesawthathewasalonewithacorpse.Thenaninvincibleandextremeterrorseizeduponhim,andhedarednotagainpressthehandthathungoutofbed,hedarednolongertogazeonthosefixedandvacanteyes,whichhetriedmanytimestoclose,butinvaintheyopenedagainassoonasshut.Heextinguishedthelamp,carefullyconcealedit,andthenwentaway,closingaswellashecouldtheentrancetothesecretpassagebythelargestoneashedescended.

           Itwastime,forthejailerwascoming.OnthisoccasionhebeganhisroundsatDantes’cell,andonleavinghimhewentontoFaria’sdungeon,takingthitherbreakfastandsomelinen.Nothingbetokenedthatthemanknewanythingofwhathadoccurred.Hewentonhisway.

           Danteswasthenseizedwithanindescribabledesiretoknowwhatwasgoingoninthedungeonofhisunfortunatefriend.Hethereforereturnedbythesubterraneousgallery,andarrivedintimetoheartheexclamationsoftheturnkey,whocalledoutforhelp.Otherturnkeyscame,andthenwasheardtheregulartrampofsoldiers.Lastofallcamethegovernor.

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