Граф Монте-Крісто

A Learned Italian.

           "IamtheAbbeFaria,andhavebeenimprisonedasyouknowinthisChateaud’Ifsincetheyear1811;previouslytowhichIhadbeenconfinedforthreeyearsinthefortressofFenestrelle.Intheyear1811IwastransferredtoPiedmontinFrance.ItwasatthisperiodIlearnedthatthedestinywhichseemedsubservienttoeverywishformedbyNapoleon,hadbestowedonhimason,namedkingofRomeeveninhiscradle.Iwasveryfarthenfromexpectingthechangeyouhavejustinformedmeof;namely,thatfouryearsafterwards,thiscolossusofpowerwouldbeoverthrown.ThenwhoreignsinFranceatthismomentNapoleonII.?"

           "No,LouisXVIII."

           "ThebrotherofLouisXVII.!Howinscrutablearethewaysofprovidenceforwhatgreatandmysteriouspurposehasitpleasedheaventoabasethemanoncesoelevated,andraiseuphimwhowassoabased?"

           Dantes’wholeattentionwasrivetedonamanwhocouldthusforgethisownmisfortuneswhileoccupyinghimselfwiththedestiniesofothers.

           "Yes,yes,"continuedhe,"’TwillbethesameasitwasinEngland.AfterCharlesI.,Cromwell;afterCromwell,CharlesII.,andthenJamesII.,andthensomeson-inlaworrelation,somePrinceofOrange,astadtholderwhobecomesaking.Thennewconcessionstothepeople,thenaconstitution,thenliberty.Ah,myfriend!"saidtheabbe,turningtowardsDantes,andsurveyinghimwiththekindlinggazeofaprophet,"youareyoung,youwillseeallthiscometopass.

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