Граф Монте-Крісто

The Smugglers.

           Fortunately,aswehavesaid,Edmondwasonlywounded,andwithcertainherbsgatheredatcertainseasons,andsoldtothesmugglersbytheoldSardinianwomen,thewoundsoonclosed.EdmondthenresolvedtotryJacopo,andofferedhiminreturnforhisattentionashareofhisprize-money,butJacoporefuseditindignantly.

           AsaresultofthesympatheticdevotionwhichJacopohadfromthefirstbestowedonEdmond,thelatterwasmovedtoacertaindegreeofaffection.ButthissufficedforJacopo,whoinstinctivelyfeltthatEdmondhadarighttosuperiorityofpositionasuperioritywhichEdmondhadconcealedfromallothers.AndfromthistimethekindnesswhichEdmondshowedhimwasenoughforthebraveseaman.

           Theninthelongdaysonboardship,whenthevessel,glidingonwithsecurityovertheazuresea,requirednocarebutthehandofthehelmsman,thankstothefavorablewindsthatswelledhersails,Edmond,withachartinhishand,becametheinstructorofJacopo,asthepoorAbbeFariahadbeenhistutor.Hepointedouttohimthebearingsofthecoast,explainedtohimthevariationsofthecompass,andtaughthimtoreadinthatvastbookopenedoverourheadswhichtheycallheaven,andwhereGodwritesinazurewithlettersofdiamonds.AndwhenJacopoinquiredofhim,"Whatistheuseofteachingallthesethingstoapoorsailorlikeme?"Edmondreplied,"Whoknows?Youmayonedaybethecaptainofavessel.Yourfellow-countryman,Bonaparte,becameemperor."WehadforgottentosaythatJacopowasaCorsican.

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