Граф Монте-Крісто

Number 34 and Number 27.

           

           Dantesheardjoyfullythekeygrateinthelock;helisteneduntilthesoundofstepsdiedaway,andthen,hastilydisplacinghisbed,sawbythefaintlightthatpenetratedintohiscell,thathehadlaboreduselesslythepreviouseveninginattackingthestoneinsteadofremovingtheplasterthatsurroundedit.

           Thedamphadrendereditfriable,andDanteswasabletobreakitoffinsmallmorsels,itistrue,butattheendofhalfanhourhehadscrapedoffahandful;amathematicianmighthavecalculatedthatintwoyears,supposingthattherockwasnotencountered,apassagetwentyfeetlongandtwofeetbroad,mightbeformed.

           Theprisonerreproachedhimselfwithnothavingthusemployedthehourshehadpassedinvainhopes,prayer,anddespondency.Duringthesixyearsthathehadbeenimprisoned,whatmighthenothaveaccomplished?

           Inthreedayshehadsucceeded,withtheutmostprecaution,inremovingthecement,andexposingthestone-work.Thewallwasbuiltofroughstones,amongwhich,togivestrengthtothestructure,blocksofhewnstonewereatintervalsimbedded.Itwasoneofthesehehaduncovered,andwhichhemustremovefromitssocket.

           Dantesstrovetodothiswithhisnails,buttheyweretooweak.Thefragmentsofthejugbroke,andafteranhourofuselesstoil,hepaused.

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