Граф Монте-Крісто

The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.

           MonteCristosawnothingbuttheshadow,whichnooneelseobserved.Twicethecountlefttherankstoseewhethertheobjectofhisinteresthadanyconcealedweaponbeneathhisclothes.Whentheprocessionstopped,thisshadowwasrecognizedasMorrel,who,withhiscoatbuttoneduptohisthroat,hisfacelivid,andconvulsivelycrushinghishatbetweenhisfingers,leanedagainstatree,situatedonanelevationcommandingthemausoleum,sothatnoneofthefuneraldetailscouldescapehisobservation.Everythingwasconductedintheusualmanner.Afewmen,theleastimpressedofallbythescene,pronouncedadiscourse,somedeploringthisprematuredeath,othersexpatiatingonthegriefofthefather,andoneveryingeniouspersonquotingthefactthatValentinehadsolicitedpardonofherfatherforcriminalsonwhomthearmofjusticewasreadytofalluntilatlengththeyexhaustedtheirstoresofmetaphorandmournfulspeeches.

           MonteCristoheardandsawnothing,orratherheonlysawMorrel,whosecalmnesshadafrightfuleffectonthosewhoknewwhatwaspassinginhisheart."See,"saidBeauchamp,pointingoutMorreltoDebray."Whatishedoingupthere?"AndtheycalledChateau–Renaud’sattentiontohim.

           "Howpaleheis!"saidChateau–Renaud,shuddering.

           "Heiscold,"saidDebray.

           "Notatall,"saidChateau–Renaud,slowly;"Ithinkheisviolentlyagitated.Heisverysusceptible.

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