Граф Монте-Крісто

The Secret Cave.

           Thesecondgrottowaslowerandmoregloomythanthefirst;theairthatcouldonlyenterbythenewlyformedopeninghadthemephiticsmellDanteswassurprisednottofindintheoutercavern.Hewaitedinordertoallowpureairtodisplacethefoulatmosphere,andthenwenton.Attheleftoftheopeningwasadarkanddeepangle.ButtoDantes’eyetherewasnodarkness.Heglancedaroundthissecondgrotto;itwas,likethefirst,empty.

           Thetreasure,ifitexisted,wasburiedinthiscorner.Thetimehadatlengtharrived;twofeetofearthremoved,andDantes’fatewouldbedecided.Headvancedtowardstheangle,andsummoningallhisresolution,attackedthegroundwiththepickaxe.Atthefifthorsixthblowthepickaxestruckagainstanironsubstance.Neverdidfuneralknell,neverdidalarm-bell,produceagreatereffectonthehearer.HadDantesfoundnothinghecouldnothavebecomemoreghastlypale.Heagainstruckhispickaxeintotheearth,andencounteredthesameresistance,butnotthesamesound."Itisacasketofwoodboundwithiron,"thoughthe.Atthismomentashadowpassedrapidlybeforetheopening;Dantesseizedhisgun,sprangthroughtheopening,andmountedthestair.Awildgoathadpassedbeforethemouthofthecave,andwasfeedingatalittledistance.Thiswouldhavebeenafavorableoccasiontosecurehisdinner;butDantesfearedlestthereportofhisgunshouldattractattention.

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