Граф Монте-Крісто

The Past.

           

           "ArethereanystoriesconnectedwiththisprisonbesidestheonerelatingtothepoisoningofMirabeau?"askedthecount;"arethereanytraditionsrespectingthesedismalabodesinwhichitisdifficulttobelievemencaneverhaveimprisonedtheirfellow-creatures?"

           "Yes,sir;indeed,thejailerAntoinetoldmeoneconnectedwiththisverydungeon."

           MonteCristoshuddered;Antoinehadbeenhisjailer.Hehadalmostforgottenhisnameandface,butatthementionofthenameherecalledhispersonasheusedtoseeit,thefaceencircledbyabeard,wearingthebrownjacket,thebunchofkeys,thejinglingofwhichhestillseemedtohear.Thecountturnedaround,andfanciedhesawhiminthecorridor,renderedstilldarkerbythetorchcarriedbytheconcierge."Wouldyouliketohearthestory,sir?"

           "Yes;relateit,"saidMonteCristo,pressinghishandtohishearttostillitsviolentbeatings;hefeltafraidofhearinghisownhistory.

           "Thisdungeon,"saidtheconcierge,"was,itappears,sometimeagooccupiedbyaverydangerousprisoner,themoresosincehewasfullofindustry.AnotherpersonwasconfinedintheChateauatthesametime,buthewasnotwicked,hewasonlyapoormadpriest."

           "Ah,indeed?mad!"repeatedMonteCristo;"andwhatwashismania?"

           "Heofferedmillionstoanyonewhowouldsethimatliberty.

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