Граф Монте-Крісто

The Two Prisoners.

           

           CaligulaorNero,thosetreasure-seekers,thosedesirersoftheimpossible,wouldhaveaccordedtothepoorwretch,inexchangeforhiswealth,thelibertyhesoearnestlyprayedfor.Butthekingsofmoderntimes,restrainedbythelimitsofmereprobability,haveneithercouragenordesire.Theyfeartheearthathearstheirorders,andtheeyethatscrutinizestheiractions.FormerlytheybelievedthemselvessprungfromJupiter,andshieldedbytheirbirth;butnowadaystheyarenotinviolable.

           Ithasalwaysbeenagainstthepolicyofdespoticgovernmentstosufferthevictimsoftheirpersecutionstoreappear.AstheInquisitionrarelyalloweditsvictimstobeseenwiththeirlimbsdistortedandtheirfleshlaceratedbytorture,somadnessisalwaysconcealedinitscell,fromwhence,shoulditdepart,itisconveyedtosomegloomyhospital,wherethedoctorhasnothoughtformanormindinthemutilatedbeingthejailerdeliverstohim.TheverymadnessoftheAbbeFaria,gonemadinprison,condemnedhimtoperpetualcaptivity.

           TheinspectorkepthiswordwithDantes;heexaminedtheregister,andfoundthefollowingnoteconcerninghim:

           EdmondDantes:

           ViolentBonapartist;tookanactivepartinthereturnfromElba.

           Thegreatestwatchfulnessandcaretobeexercised.

           Thisnotewasinadifferenthandfromtherest,whichshowedthatithadbeenaddedsincehisconfinement

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