Граф Монте-Крісто

The Hundred Days.

           Hisdevotion,andthecompassionheshowedforhermisfortunes,producedtheeffecttheyalwaysproduceonnoblemindsMercedeshadalwayshadasincereregardforFernand,andthiswasnowstrengthenedbygratitude.

           "Mybrother,"saidsheassheplacedhisknapsackonhisshoulders,"becarefulofyourself,forifyouarekilled,Ishallbealoneintheworld."ThesewordscarriedarayofhopeintoFernand’sheart.ShouldDantesnotreturn,Mercedesmightonedaybehis.

           Mercedeswasleftalonefacetofacewiththevastplainthathadneverseemedsobarren,andtheseathathadneverseemedsovast.BathedintearsshewanderedabouttheCatalanvillage.Sometimesshestoodmuteandmotionlessasastatue,lookingtowardsMarseilles,atothertimesgazingonthesea,anddebatingastowhetheritwerenotbettertocastherselfintotheabyssoftheocean,andthusendherwoes.Itwasnotwantofcouragethatpreventedherputtingthisresolutionintoexecution;butherreligiousfeelingscametoheraidandsavedher.Caderoussewas,likeFernand,enrolledinthearmy,but,beingmarriedandeightyearsolder,hewasmerelysenttothefrontier.OldDantes,whowasonlysustainedbyhope,lostallhopeatNapoleon’sdownfall.Fivemonthsafterhehadbeenseparatedfromhisson,andalmostatthehourofhisarrest,hebreathedhislastinMercedes’arms.M.Morrelpaidtheexpensesofhisfuneral,andafewsmalldebtsthepooroldmanhadcontracted

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