Граф Монте-Крісто

The Unknown.

           

           Thedelightedbuilderthenofferedhisservicesinprovidingasuitablecrewforthelittlevessel,butthisDantesdeclinedwithmanythanks,sayinghewasaccustomedtocruiseaboutquitealone,andhisprincipalpleasureconsistedinmanaginghisyachthimself;theonlythingthebuildercouldobligehiminwouldbetocontriveasortofsecretclosetinthecabinathisbed’shead,theclosettocontainthreedivisions,soconstructedastobeconcealedfromallbuthimself.Thebuildercheerfullyundertookthecommission,andpromisedtohavethesesecretplacescompletedbythenextday,Dantesfurnishingthedimensionsandplaninaccordancewithwhichtheyweretobeconstructed.

           ThefollowingdayDantessailedwithhisyachtfromGenoa,undertheinspectionofanimmensecrowddrawntogetherbycuriositytoseetherichSpanishnoblemanwhopreferredmanaginghisownyacht.ButtheirwonderwassoonchangedtoadmirationatseeingtheperfectskillwithwhichDanteshandledthehelm.Theboat,indeed,seemedtobeanimatedwithalmosthumanintelligence,sopromptlydiditobeytheslightesttouch;andDantesrequiredbutashorttrialofhisbeautifulcrafttoacknowledgethattheGenoesehadnotwithoutreasonattainedtheirhighreputationintheartofshipbuilding.Thespectatorsfollowedthelittlevesselwiththeireyesaslongasitremainedvisible;theythenturnedtheirconjecturesuponherprobabledestination.

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