Граф Монте-Кристо

The Breakfast.

           Franceissoprosaic,andParissocivilizedacity,thatyouwillnotfindinitseighty-fivedepartmentsIsayeighty-five,becauseIdonotincludeCorsicayouwillnotfind,then,intheseeighty-fivedepartmentsasinglehillonwhichthereisnotatelegraph,oragrottoinwhichthecommissaryofpolicehasnotputupagaslamp.ThereisbutoneserviceIcanrenderyou,andforthatIplacemyselfentirelyatyourorders,thatis,topresent,ormakemyfriendspresent,youeverywhere;besides,youhavenoneedofanyonetointroduceyouwithyourname,andyourfortune,andyourtalent"(MonteCristobowedwithasomewhatironicalsmile)"youcanpresentyourselfeverywhere,andbewellreceived.IcanbeusefulinonewayonlyifknowledgeofParisianhabits,ofthemeansofrenderingyourselfcomfortable,orofthebazaars,canassist,youmaydependuponmetofindyouafittingdwellinghere.Idonotdareoffertosharemyapartmentswithyou,asIsharedyoursatRomeI,whodonotprofessegotism,butamyetegotistparexcellence;for,exceptmyself,theseroomswouldnotholdashadowmore,unlessthatshadowwerefeminine."

           "Ah,"saidthecount,"thatisamostconjugalreservation;IrecollectthatatRomeyousaidsomethingofaprojectedmarriage.MayIcongratulateyou?"

           "Theaffairisstillinprojection."

           "Andhewhosaysin‘projection,’meansalreadydecided,"saidDebray.

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