Граф Монте-Крісто

A Learned Italian.

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           "Probably,ifeverIgetoutofprison!"

           "True,"repliedFaria,"weareprisoners;butIforgetthissometimes,andthereareevenmomentswhenmymentalvisiontransportsmebeyondthesewalls,andIfancymyselfatliberty."

           "Butwhereforeareyouhere?"

           "Becausein1807IdreamedoftheveryplanNapoleontriedtorealizein1811;because,likeMachiavelli,IdesiredtoalterthepoliticalfaceofItaly,andinsteadofallowingittobesplitupintoaquantityofpettyprincipalities,eachheldbysomeweakortyrannicalruler,Isoughttoformonelarge,compact,andpowerfulempire;and,lastly,becauseIfanciedIhadfoundmyCaesarBorgiainacrownedsimpleton,whofeignedtoenterintomyviewsonlytobetrayme.ItwastheplanofAlexanderVI.andClementVII.,butitwillneversucceednow,fortheyattempteditfruitlessly,andNapoleonwasunabletocompletehiswork.Italyseemsfatedtomisfortune."Andtheoldmanbowedhishead.

           Dantescouldnotunderstandamanriskinghislifeforsuchmatters.Napoleoncertainlyheknewsomethingof,inasmuchashehadseenandspokenwithhim;butofClementVII.andAlexanderVI.heknewnothing.

           "Areyounot,"heasked,"thepriestwhohereintheChateaud’Ifisgenerallythoughttobe-ill?"

           "Mad,youmean,don’tyou?"

           "Ididnotliketosayso,"answeredDantes,smiling.

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