Граф Монте-Кристо

The Smugglers.

           ThenextmornbrokeoffthecoastofAleria;alldaytheycoasted,andintheeveningsawfireslightedonland;thepositionofthesewasnodoubtasignalforlanding,foraship’slanternwashungupatthemast-headinsteadofthestreamer,andtheycametowithinagunshotoftheshore.DantesnoticedthatthecaptainofTheYoungAmeliahad,ashenearedtheland,mountedtwosmallculverins,which,withoutmakingmuchnoise,canthrowafourounceballathousandpacesorso.

           Butonthisoccasiontheprecautionwassuperfluous,andeverythingproceededwiththeutmostsmoothnessandpoliteness.Fourshallopscameoffwithverylittlenoisealongsidethelugger,which,nodoubt,inacknowledgementofthecompliment,loweredherownshallopintothesea,andthefiveboatsworkedsowellthatbytwoo’clockinthemorningallthecargowasoutofTheYoungAmeliaandonterrafirma.Thesamenight,suchamanofregularitywasthepatronofTheYoungAmelia,theprofitsweredivided,andeachmanhadahundredTuscanlivres,orabouteightyfrancs.Butthevoyagewasnotended.TheyturnedthebowsprittowardsSardinia,wheretheyintendedtotakeinacargo,whichwastoreplacewhathadbeendischarged.Thesecondoperationwasassuccessfulasthefirst,TheYoungAmeliawasinluck.ThisnewcargowasdestinedforthecoastoftheDuchyofLucca,andconsistedalmostentirelyofHavanacigars,sherry,andMalagawines.

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