Граф Монте-Крісто

A Nocturnal Interview.

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           "But,"exclaimedMonteCristo,"whywasIabsent?Andwhywereyoualone?"

           "Becauseyouhadbeenarrested,Edmond,andwereaprisoner."

           "AndwhywasIarrested?WhywasIaprisoner?"

           "Idonotknow,"saidMercedes."Youdonot,madame;atleast,Ihopenot.ButIwilltellyou.Iwasarrestedandbecameaprisonerbecause,underthearborofLaReserve,thedaybeforeIwastomarryyou,amannamedDanglarswrotethisletter,whichthefishermanFernandhimselfposted."MonteCristowenttoasecretary,openedadrawerbyaspring,fromwhichhetookapaperwhichhadlostitsoriginalcolor,andtheinkofwhichhadbecomeofarustyhuethisheplacedinthehandsofMercedes.ItwasDanglars’lettertotheking’sattorney,whichtheCountofMonteCristo,disguisedasaclerkfromthehouseofThomson&French,hadtakenfromthefileagainstEdmondDantes,onthedayhehadpaidthetwohundredthousandfrancstoM.deBoville.Mercedesreadwithterrorthefollowinglines:—

           "Theking’sattorneyisinformedbyafriendtothethroneandreligionthatoneEdmondDantes,secondincommandonboardthePharaon,thisdayarrivedfromSmyrna,afterhavingtouchedatNaplesandPorto–Ferrajo,isthebearerofaletterfromMurattotheusurper,andofanotherletterfromtheusurpertotheBonapartistclubinParis.

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