Граф Монте-Крісто

The Burglary.

           Hehastenedtotheside-doorwithAli,enteredhurriedly,andbytheservants’staircase,ofwhichhehadthekey,gainedhisbedroomwithoutopeningordisarrangingasinglecurtain,withouteventheporterhavingtheslightestsuspicionthatthehouse,whichhesupposedempty,containeditschiefoccupant.

           Arrivedinhisbedroom,thecountmotionedtoAlitostop;thenhepassedintothedressing-room,whichheexamined.Everythingappearedasusualtheprecioussecretaryinitsplace,andthekeyinthesecretary.Hedoublelockedit,tookthekey,returnedtothebedroomdoor,removedthedoublestapleofthebolt,andwentin.MeanwhileAlihadprocuredthearmsthecountrequirednamely,ashortcarbineandapairofdouble-barrelledpistols,withwhichassureanaimmightbetakenaswithasingle-barrelledone.Thusarmed,thecountheldthelivesoffivemeninhishands.Itwasabouthalf-pastnine.ThecountandAliateinhasteacrustofbreadanddrankaglassofSpanishwine;thenMonteCristoslippedasideoneofthemovablepanels,whichenabledhimtoseeintotheadjoiningroom.Hehadwithinhisreachhispistolsandcarbine,andAli,standingnearhim,heldoneofthesmallArabianhatchets,whoseformhasnotvariedsincetheCrusades.Throughoneofthewindowsofthebedroom,onalinewiththatinthedressing-room,thecountcouldseeintothestreet.

           Twohourspassedthus.

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