Граф Монте-Крісто

A Learned Italian.

           Tounderminethegroundforfiftyfeettodevotethreeyearstoalaborwhich,ifsuccessful,wouldconductyoutoaprecipiceoverhangingtheseatoplungeintothewavesfromtheheightoffifty,sixty,perhapsahundredfeet,attheriskofbeingdashedtopiecesagainsttherocks,shouldyouhavebeenfortunateenoughtohaveescapedthefireofthesentinels;andeven,supposingalltheseperilspast,thentohavetoswimforyourlifeadistanceofatleastthreemilesereyoucouldreachtheshoreweredifficultiessostartlingandformidablethatDanteshadneverevendreamedofsuchascheme,resigninghimselfrathertodeath.Butthesightofanoldmanclingingtolifewithsodesperateacourage,gaveafreshturntohisideas,andinspiredhimwithnewcourage.Another,olderandlessstrongthanhe,hadattemptedwhathehadnothadsufficientresolutiontoundertake,andhadfailedonlybecauseofanerrorincalculation.Thissameperson,withalmostincrediblepatienceandperseverance,hadcontrivedtoprovidehimselfwithtoolsrequisiteforsounparalleledanattempt.

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