Граф Монте-Кристо

Roman Bandits.

           However,ashewasafavoritewithCucumetto,ashehadforthreeyearsfaithfullyservedhim,andashehadsavedhislifebyshootingadragoonwhowasabouttocuthimdown,hehopedthechiefwouldhavepityonhim.HetookCucumettooneside,whiletheyounggirl,seatedatthefootofahugepinethatstoodinthecentreoftheforest,madeaveilofherpicturesquehead-dresstohideherfacefromthelasciviousgazeofthebandits.Therehetoldthechiefallhisaffectionfortheprisoner,theirpromisesofmutualfidelity,andhoweverynight,sincehehadbeennear,theyhadmetinsomeneighboringruins.

           "ItsohappenedthatnightthatCucumettohadsentCarlinitoavillage,sothathehadbeenunabletogototheplaceofmeeting.Cucumettohadbeenthere,however,byaccident,ashesaid,andhadcarriedthemaidenoff.CarlinibesoughthischieftomakeanexceptioninRita’sfavor,asherfatherwasrich,andcouldpayalargeransom.Cucumettoseemedtoyieldtohisfriend’sentreaties,andbadehimfindashepherdtosendtoRita’sfatheratFrosinone.CarliniflewjoyfullytoRita,tellinghershewassaved,andbiddingherwritetoherfather,toinformhimwhathadoccurred,andthatherransomwasfixedatthreehundredpiastres.Twelvehours’delaywasallthatwasgrantedthatis,untilninethenextmorning.Theinstanttheletterwaswritten,Carliniseizedit,andhastenedtotheplaintofindamessenger.Hefoundayoungshepherdwatchinghisflock.

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