Граф Монте-Кристо

The Secret Cave.

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           "Butwhatwasthefateoftheguardswhothuspossessedhissecret?"askedDantesofhimself.

           "Thefate,"repliedhe,smiling,"ofthosewhoburiedAlaric."

           "Yet,hadhecome,"thoughtDantes,"hewouldhavefoundthetreasure,andBorgia,hewhocomparedItalytoanartichoke,whichhecoulddevourleafbyleaf,knewtoowellthevalueoftimetowasteitinreplacingthisrock.Iwillgodown."

           Thenhedescended,asmileonhislips,andmurmuringthatlastwordofhumanphilosophy,"Perhaps!"Butinsteadofthedarkness,andthethickandmephiticatmospherehehadexpectedtofind,Dantessawadimandbluishlight,which,aswellastheair,entered,notmerelybytheaperturehehadjustformed,butbytheintersticesandcrevicesoftherockwhichwerevisiblefromwithout,andthroughwhichhecoulddistinguishtheblueskyandthewavingbranchesoftheevergreenoaks,andthetendrilsofthecreepersthatgrewfromtherocks.Afterhavingstoodafewminutesinthecavern,theatmosphereofwhichwasratherwarmthandamp,Dantes’eye,habituatedasitwastodarkness,couldpierceeventotheremotestanglesofthecavern,whichwasofgranitethatsparkledlikediamonds."Alas,"saidEdmond,smiling,"thesearethetreasuresthecardinalhasleft;andthegoodabbe,seeinginadreamtheseglitteringwalls,hasindulgedinfallacioushopes."

           Buthecalledtomindthewordsofthewill,whichheknewbyheart.

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