Граф Монте-Крісто

The Past.

           Come,then,thouregenerateman,thouextravagantprodigal,thouawakenedsleeper,thouall-powerfulvisionary,thouinvinciblemillionaireonceagainreviewthypastlifeofstarvationandwretchedness,revisitthesceneswherefateandmisfortuneconducted,andwheredespairreceivedthee.Toomanydiamonds,toomuchgoldandsplendor,arenowreflectedbythemirrorinwhichMonteCristoseekstobeholdDantes.Hidethydiamonds,burythygold,shroudthysplendor,exchangerichesforpoverty,libertyforaprison,alivingbodyforacorpse!"Ashethusreasoned,MonteCristowalkeddowntheRuedelaCaisserie.Itwasthesamethroughwhich,twenty-fouryearsago,hehadbeenconductedbyasilentandnocturnalguard;thehouses,todaysosmilingandanimated,wereonthatnightdark,mute,andclosed."Andyettheywerethesame,"murmuredMonteCristo,"onlynowitisbroaddaylightinsteadofnight;itisthesunwhichbrightenstheplace,andmakesitappearsocheerful."

           HeproceededtowardsthequaybytheRueSaint–Laurent,andadvancedtotheConsigne;itwasthepointwherehehadembarked.Apleasure-boatwithstripedawningwasgoingby.MonteCristocalledtheowner,whoimmediatelyroweduptohimwiththeeagernessofaboatmanhopingforagoodfare.Theweatherwasmagnificent,andtheexcursionatreat.

           Thesun,redandflaming,wassinkingintotheembraceofthewelcomingocean.

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Сторінка 1866 з 1932