Граф Монте-Крісто

The Island of Monte Cristo.

           Yetperchancetomorrowdeceptionwillsoactonme,thatIshall,oncompulsion,considersuchacontemptiblepossessionastheutmosthappiness.Oh,no!"exclaimedEdmond,"thatwillnotbe.Thewise,unerringFariacouldnotbemistakeninthisonething.Besides,itwerebettertodiethantocontinuetoleadthislowandwretchedlife."ThusDantes,whobutthreemonthsbeforehadnodesirebutlibertyhadnownotlibertyenough,andpantedforwealth.ThecausewasnotinDantes,butinprovidence,who,whilelimitingthepowerofman,hasfilledhimwithboundlessdesires.

           Meanwhile,byacleftbetweentwowallsofrock,followingapathwornbyatorrent,andwhich,inallhumanprobability,humanfoothadneverbeforetrod,Dantesapproachedthespotwherehesupposedthegrottosmusthaveexisted.Keepingalongtheshore,andexaminingthesmallestobjectwithseriousattention,hethoughthecouldtrace,oncertainrocks,marksmadebythehandofman.

           Time,whichencrustsallphysicalsubstanceswithitsmossymantle,asitinvestsallthingsofthemindwithforgetfulness,seemedtohaverespectedthesesigns,whichapparentlyhadbeenmadewithsomedegreeofregularity,andprobablywithadefinitepurpose.Occasionallythemarkswerehiddenundertuftsofmyrtle,whichspreadintolargebushesladenwithblossoms,orbeneathparasiticallichen.SoEdmondhadtoseparatethebranchesorbrushawaythemosstoknowwheretheguide-markswere.ThesightofmarksrenewedEdmondfondesthopes.

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