Граф Монте-Крісто

The Hundred Days.

           HethereforeinformedM.Morrelofhiswishtoquitthesea,andobtainedarecommendationfromhimtoaSpanishmerchant,intowhoseserviceheenteredattheendofMarch,thatis,tenortwelvedaysafterNapoleon’sreturn.HethenleftforMadrid,andwasnomoreheardof.

           FernandunderstoodnothingexceptthatDanteswasabsent.Whathadbecomeofhimhecarednottoinquire.Only,duringtherespitetheabsenceofhisrivalaffordedhim,hereflected,partlyonthemeansofdeceivingMercedesastothecauseofhisabsence,partlyonplansofemigrationandabduction,asfromtimetotimehesatsadandmotionlessonthesummitofCapePharo,atthespotfromwhenceMarseillesandtheCatalansarevisible,watchingfortheapparitionofayoungandhandsomeman,whowasforhimalsothemessengerofvengeance.Fernand’smindwasmadeup;hewouldshootDantes,andthenkillhimself.ButFernandwasmistaken;amanofhisdispositionneverkillshimself,forheconstantlyhopes.

           Duringthistimetheempiremadeitslastconscription,andeverymaninFrancecapableofbearingarmsrushedtoobeythesummonsoftheemperor.Fernanddepartedwiththerest,bearingwithhimtheterriblethoughtthatwhilehewasaway,hisrivalwouldperhapsreturnandmarryMercedes.HadFernandreallymeanttokillhimself,hewouldhavedonesowhenhepartedfromMercedes.

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