The Burglary.

           Thedayfollowingthatonwhichtheconversationwehaverelatedtookplace,theCountofMonteCristosetoutforAuteuil,accompaniedbyAliandseveralattendants,andalsotakingwithhimsomehorseswhosequalitieshewasdesirousofascertaining.Hewasinducedtoundertakethisjourney,ofwhichthedaybeforehehadnoteventhoughtandwhichhadnotoccurredtoAndreaeither,bythearrivalofBertucciofromNormandywithintelligencerespectingthehouseandsloop.Thehousewasready,andthesloopwhichhadarrivedaweekbeforelayatanchorinasmallcreekwithhercrewofsixmen,whohadobservedalltherequisiteformalitiesandwerereadyagaintoputtosea.

           ThecountpraisedBertuccio’szeal,andorderedhimtoprepareforaspeedydeparture,ashisstayinFrancewouldnotbeprolongedmorethanamonth."Now,"saidhe,"ImayrequiretogoinonenightfromParistoTreport;leteightfreshhorsesbeinreadinessontheroad,whichwillenablemetogofiftyleaguesintenhours."

           "Yourhighnesshadalreadyexpressedthatwish,"saidBertuccio,"andthehorsesareready.Ihaveboughtthem,andstationedthemmyselfatthemostdesirableposts,thatis,invillages,wherenoonegenerallystops."

           "That’swell,"saidMonteCristo;"Iremainhereadayortwoarrangeaccordingly."AsBertucciowasleavingtheroomtogivetherequisiteorders,Baptistinopenedthedoor:heheldaletteronasilverwaiter.

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