Граф Монте-Кристо

Robert le Diable.

           Thereismadameoverwhelmingmewithquestionsrespectingthecount;sheinsistsuponitthatIcantellherhisbirth,education,andparentage,wherehecamefrom,andwhitherheisgoing.BeingnodiscipleofCagliostro,Iwaswhollyunabletodothis;so,bywayofgettingoutofthescrape,Isaid,‘AskMorcerf;hehasgotthewholehistoryofhisbelovedMonteCristoathisfingers’ends;’whereuponthebaronesssignifiedherdesiretoseeyou."

           "Isitnotalmostincredible,"saidMadameDanglars,"thatapersonhavingatleasthalfamillionofsecret-servicemoneyathiscommand,shouldpossesssolittleinformation?"

           "Letmeassureyou,madame,"saidLucien,"thathadIreallythesumyoumentionatmydisposal,IwouldemployitmoreprofitablythanintroublingmyselftoobtainparticularsrespectingtheCountofMonteCristo,whoseonlymeritinmyeyesconsistsinhisbeingtwiceasrichasanabob.However,IhaveturnedthebusinessovertoMorcerf,sopraysettleitwithhimasmaybemostagreeabletoyou;formyownpart,Icarenothingaboutthecountorhismysteriousdoings."

           "Iamverysurenonabobwouldhavesentmeapairofhorsesworth32,000francs,wearingontheirheadsfourdiamondsvaluedat5,000francseach."

           "Heseemstohaveamaniafordiamonds,"saidMorcerf,smiling,"andIverilybelievethat,likePotemkin,hekeepshispocketsfilled,forthesakeofstrewingthemalongtheroad,asTomThumbdidhisflintstones.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 962 из 1932