Граф Монте-Кристо

Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.

           Franzwaiteduntilallwasinorder,andwhenthesailwasfilled,andthefoursailorshadtakentheirplacesthreeforward,andoneatthehelmheresumedtheconversation."Gaetano,"saidhetothecaptain,"youtellmeMonteCristoservesasarefugeforpirates,whoare,itseemstome,averydifferentkindofgamefromthegoats."

           "Yes,yourexcellency,anditistrue."

           "Iknewthereweresmugglers,butIthoughtthatsincethecaptureofAlgiers,andthedestructionoftheregency,piratesexistedonlyintheromancesofCooperandCaptainMarryat."

           "Yourexcellencyismistaken;therearepirates,likethebanditswhowerebelievedtohavebeenexterminatedbyPopeLeoXII.,andwhoyet,everyday,robtravellersatthegatesofRome.HasnotyourexcellencyheardthattheFrenchcharged’affaireswasrobbedsixmonthsagowithinfivehundredpacesofVelletri?"

           "Oh,yes,Iheardthat."

           "Well,then,if,likeus,yourexcellencylivedatLeghorn,youwouldhear,fromtimetotime,thatalittlemerchantvessel,oranEnglishyachtthatwasexpectedatBastia,atPorto–Ferrajo,oratCivitaVecchia,hasnotarrived;nooneknowswhathasbecomeofit,but,doubtless,ithasstruckonarockandfoundered.Nowthisrockithasmethasbeenalongandnarrowboat,mannedbysixoreightmen,whohavesurprisedandplunderedit,somedarkandstormynight,nearsomedesertandgloomyisland,asbanditsplunderacarriageintherecessesofaforest.

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