Граф Монте-Кристо

The Island of Monte Cristo.

           

           Noonehadtheslightestsuspicion;andwhennextday,takingafowling-piece,powder,andshot,Dantesdeclaredhisintentiontogoandkillsomeofthewildgoatsthatwereseenspringingfromrocktorock,hiswishwasconstruedintoaloveofsport,oradesireforsolitude.However,Jacopoinsistedonfollowinghim,andDantesdidnotopposethis,fearingifhedidsothathemightincurdistrust.Scarcely,however,hadtheygoneaquarterofaleaguewhen,havingkilledakid,hebeggedJacopototakeittohiscomrades,andrequestthemtocookit,andwhenreadytolethimknowbyfiringagun.ThisandsomedriedfruitsandaflaskofMontePulciano,wasthebilloffare.Danteswenton,lookingfromtimetotimebehindandaroundabouthim.Havingreachedthesummitofarock,hesaw,athousandfeetbeneathhim,hiscompanions,whomJacopohadrejoined,andwhowereallbusypreparingtherepastwhichEdmond’sskillasamarksmanhadaugmentedwithacapitaldish.

           Edmondlookedatthemforamomentwiththesadandgentlesmileofamansuperiortohisfellows."Intwohours’time,"saidhe,"thesepersonswilldepartricherbyfiftypiastreseach,togoandrisktheirlivesagainbyendeavoringtogainfiftymore;thentheywillreturnwithafortuneofsixhundredfrancs,andwastethistreasureinsomecitywiththeprideofsultansandtheinsolenceofnabobs.Atthismomenthopemakesmedespisetheirriches,whichseemtomecontemptible.

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