Граф Монте-Крісто

The Secret Cave.

           "Inthefarthestangleofthesecondopening,"saidthecardinal’swill.Hehadonlyfoundthefirstgrotto;hehadnowtoseekthesecond.Dantescontinuedhissearch.Hereflectedthatthissecondgrottomustpenetratedeeperintotheisland;heexaminedthestones,andsoundedonepartofthewallwherehefanciedtheopeningexisted,maskedforprecaution’ssake.ThepickaxestruckforamomentwithadullsoundthatdrewoutofDantes’foreheadlargedropsofperspiration.Atlastitseemedtohimthatonepartofthewallgaveforthamorehollowanddeeperecho;heeagerlyadvanced,andwiththequicknessofperceptionthatnoonebutaprisonerpossesses,sawthatthere,inallprobability,theopeningmustbe.

           However,he,likeCaesarBorgia,knewthevalueoftime;and,inordertoavoidfruitlesstoil,hesoundedalltheotherwallswithhispickaxe,strucktheearthwiththebuttofhisgun,andfindingnothingthatappearedsuspicious,returnedtothatpartofthewallwhenceissuedtheconsolingsoundhehadbeforeheard.Heagainstruckit,andwithgreaterforce.Thenasingularthingoccurred.Ashestruckthewall,piecesofstuccosimilartothatusedinthegroundworkofarabesquesbrokeoff,andfelltothegroundinflakes,exposingalargewhitestone.Theapertureoftherockhadbeenclosedwithstones,thenthisstuccohadbeenapplied,andpaintedtoimitategranite.Dantesstruckwiththesharpendofhispickaxe,whichenteredsomewaybetweentheinterstices.Itwastherehemustdig.

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