Граф Монте-Крісто

Ghosts.

           Debray,whobothmounttheminister’sArabians;andcloseontheirheelsarethehorsesofMadameDanglars,whoalwaysgoatsixleaguesanhour."

           "Thentheyfollowyou?"askedMonteCristo.

           "See,theyarehere."Andatthesameminuteacarriagewithsmokinghorses,accompaniedbytwomountedgentlemen,arrivedatthegate,whichopenedbeforethem.Thecarriagedroveround,andstoppedatthesteps,followedbythehorsemen.TheinstantDebrayhadtouchedtheground,hewasatthecarriage-door.Heofferedhishandtothebaroness,who,descending,tookitwithapeculiarityofmannerimperceptibletoeveryonebutMonteCristo.Butnothingescapedthecount’snotice,andheobservedalittlenote,passedwiththefacilitythatindicatesfrequentpractice,fromthehandofMadameDanglarstothatoftheminister’ssecretary.Afterhiswifethebankerdescended,aspaleasthoughhehadissuedfromhistombinsteadofhiscarriage.MadameDanglarsthrewarapidandinquiringglancewhichcouldonlybeinterpretedbyMonteCristo,aroundthecourt-yard,overtheperistyle,andacrossthefrontofthehouse,then,repressingaslightemotion,whichmusthavebeenseenonhercountenanceifshehadnotkepthercolor,sheascendedthesteps,sayingtoMorrel,"Sir,ifyouwereafriendofmine,Ishouldaskyouifyouwouldsellyourhorse."

           Morrelsmiledwithanexpressionverylikeagrimace,andthenturnedroundtoMonteCristo,asiftoaskhimtoextricatehimfromhisembarrassment.

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