Граф Монте-Крісто

The Promise.

           Atlastthehalf-hourstruck.Itwasimpossibletowaitlonger,histemplesthrobbedviolently,hiseyesweregrowingdim;hepassedonelegoverthewall,andinamomentleapeddownontheotherside.HewasonVillefort’spremiseshadarrivedtherebyscalingthewall.Whatmightbetheconsequences?However,hehadnotventuredthusfartodrawback.Hefollowedashortdistancecloseunderthewall,thencrossedapath,hidenteredaclumpoftrees.Inamomenthehadpassedthroughthem,andcouldseethehousedistinctly.ThenMorrelsawthathehadbeenrightinbelievingthatthehousewasnotilluminated.Insteadoflightsateverywindow,asiscustomaryondaysofceremony,hesawonlyagraymass,whichwasveiledalsobyacloud,whichatthatmomentobscuredthemoon’sfeeblelight.Alightmovedrapidlyfromtimetotimepastthreewindowsofthesecondfloor.ThesethreewindowswereinMadamedeSaint–Meran’sroom.AnotherremainedmotionlessbehindsomeredcurtainswhichwereinMadamedeVillefort’sbedroom.Morrelguessedallthis.Somanytimes,inordertofollowValentineinthoughtateveryhourintheday,hadhemadeherdescribethewholehouse,thatwithouthavingseenitheknewitall.

           ThisdarknessandsilencealarmedMorrelstillmorethanValentine’sabsencehaddone.

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