Граф Монте-Кристо

The Breakfast.

           

           "No,"repliedMorcerf,"myfatherismostanxiousaboutit;andIhope,erelong,tointroduceyou,ifnottomywife,atleasttomybetrothedMademoiselleEugenieDanglars."

           "EugenieDanglars,"saidMonteCristo;"tellme,isnotherfatherBaronDanglars?"

           "Yes,"returnedMorcerf,"abaronofanewcreation."

           "Whatmatter,"saidMonteCristo"ifhehasrenderedtheStateserviceswhichmeritthisdistinction?"

           "Enormousones,"answeredBeauchamp."AlthoughinrealityaLiberal,henegotiatedaloanofsixmillionsforCharlesX.,in1829,whomadehimabaronandchevalieroftheLegionofHonor;sothathewearstheribbon,not,asyouwouldthink,inhiswaistcoat-pocket,butathisbutton-hole."

           "Ah,"interruptedMorcerf,laughing,"Beauchamp,Beauchamp,keepthatfortheCorsaireortheCharivari,butsparemyfuturefather-inlawbeforeme."Then,turningtoMonteCristo,"Youjustnowspokehisnameasifyouknewthebaron?"

           "Idonotknowhim,"returnedMonteCristo;"butIshallprobablysoonmakehisacquaintance,forIhaveacreditopenedwithhimbythehouseofRichard&Blount,ofLondon,Arstein&EskelesofVienna,andThomson&FrenchatRome."Ashepronouncedthetwolastnames,thecountglancedatMaximilianMorrel.IfthestrangerexpectedtoproduceaneffectonMorrel,hewasnotmistakenMaximilianstartedasifhehadbeenelectrified.

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