Граф Монте-Крісто

The Smugglers.

           Theovalfacewaslengthened,hissmilingmouthhadassumedthefirmandmarkedlineswhichbetokenresolution;hiseyebrowswerearchedbeneathabrowfurrowedwiththought;hiseyeswerefullofmelancholy,andfromtheirdepthsoccasionallysparkledgloomyfiresofmisanthropyandhatred;hiscomplexion,solongkeptfromthesun,hadnowthatpalecolorwhichproduces,whenthefeaturesareencircledwithblackhair,thearistocraticbeautyofthemanofthenorth;theprofoundlearninghehadacquiredhadbesidesdiffusedoverhisfeaturesarefinedintellectualexpression;andhehadalsoacquired,beingnaturallyofagoodlystature,thatvigorwhichaframepossesseswhichhassolongconcentratedallitsforcewithinitself.

           Totheeleganceofanervousandslightformhadsucceededthesolidityofaroundedandmuscularfigure.Astohisvoice,prayers,sobs,andimprecationshadchangeditsothatattimesitwasofasingularlypenetratingsweetness,andatothersroughandalmosthoarse.Moreover,frombeingsolongintwilightordarkness,hiseyeshadacquiredthefacultyofdistinguishingobjectsinthenight,commontothehyenaandthewolf.Edmondsmiledwhenhebeheldhimself:itwasimpossiblethathisbestfriendif,indeed,hehadanyfriendleftcouldrecognizehim;hecouldnotrecognizehimself.

           ThemasterofTheYoungAmelia,whowasverydesirousofretainingamongsthiscrewamanofEdmond’svalue,hadofferedtoadvancehimfundsoutofhisfutureprofits,whichEdmondhadaccepted.

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