Граф Монте-Крісто

The Contract.

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           "Well,"repliedMonteCristo,"itwillbetheway,everybodysays,oftreblingyourfortuneintwelvemonths.BaronDanglarsisagoodfather,andknowshowtocalculate."

           "Inthatcase,"saidAndrea,"everythingisallright,exceptingyourrefusal,whichquitegrievesme."

           "Youmustattributeitonlytonaturalscruplesundersimilarcircumstances."

           "Well,"saidAndrea,"letitbeasyouwish.Thisevening,then,atnineo’clock."

           "Adieutillthen."NotwithstandingaslightresistanceonthepartofMonteCristo,whoselipsturnedpale,butwhopreservedhisceremonioussmile,Andreaseizedthecount’shand,pressedit,jumpedintohisphaeton,anddisappeared.

           Thefourorfiveremaininghoursbeforenineo’clockarrived,Andreaemployedinriding,payingvisitsdesignedtoinducethoseofwhomhehadspokentoappearatthebanker’sintheirgayestequipagesdazzlingthembypromisesofsharesinschemeswhichhavesinceturnedeverybrain,andinwhichDanglarswasjusttakingtheinitiative.Infact,athalf-pasteightintheeveningthegrandsalon,thegalleryadjoining,andthethreeotherdrawing-roomsonthesamefloor,werefilledwithaperfumedcrowd,whosympathizedbutlittleintheevent,butwhoallparticipatedinthatloveofbeingpresentwhereverthereisanythingfreshtobeseen.

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