Граф Монте-Крісто

Madame de Saint–Meran.

           

           Theirnumberwasformidable,nowthathehadbeguntofear,andyetthesenames,powerfulthoughtheywere,hadoftencausedhimtosmilewiththesamekindofsatisfactionexperiencedbyatravellerwhofromthesummitofamountainbeholdsathisfeetthecraggyeminences,thealmostimpassablepaths,andthefearfulchasms,throughwhichhehassoperilouslyclimbed.Whenhehadrunoverallthesenamesinhismemory,againreadandstudiedthem,commentingmeanwhileuponhislists,heshookhishead.

           "No,"hemurmured,"noneofmyenemieswouldhavewaitedsopatientlyandlaboriouslyforsolongaspaceoftime,thattheymightnowcomeandcrushmewiththissecret.Sometimes,asHamletsays

           ‘Fouldeedswillrise,Tho’alltheeartho’erwhelmthemtomen’seyes;’

           but,likeaphosphoriclight,theyrisebuttomislead.ThestoryhasbeentoldbytheCorsicantosomepriest,whoinhisturnhasrepeatedit.M.deMonteCristomayhaveheardit,andtoenlightenhimselfbutwhyshouldhewishtoenlightenhimselfuponthesubject?"askedVillefort,afteramoment’sreflection,"whatinterestcanthisM.deMonteCristoorM.

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