Граф Монте-Крісто

The Unknown.

           ,thatthenewlandlordgavethemtheirchoiceofanyoftheroomsinthehouse,withouttheleastaugmentationofrent,uponconditionoftheirgivinginstantpossessionofthetwosmallchamberstheyatpresentinhabited.

           ThisstrangeeventarousedgreatwonderandcuriosityintheneighborhoodoftheAlleesdeMeillan,andamultitudeoftheorieswereafloat,noneofwhichwasanywherenearthetruth.Butwhatraisedpublicastonishmenttoaclimax,andsetallconjectureatdefiance,wastheknowledgethatthesamestrangerwhohadinthemorningvisitedtheAlleesdeMeillanhadbeenseenintheeveningwalkinginthelittlevillageoftheCatalans,andafterwardsobservedtoenterapoorfisherman’shut,andtopassmorethananhourininquiringafterpersonswhohadeitherbeendeadorgoneawayformorethanfifteenorsixteenyears.Butonthefollowingdaythefamilyfromwhomalltheseparticularshadbeenaskedreceivedahandsomepresent,consistingofanentirelynewfishing-boat,withtwoseinesandatender.Thedelightedrecipientsofthesemunificentgiftswouldgladlyhavepouredouttheirthankstotheirgenerousbenefactor,buttheyhadseenhim,uponquittingthehut,merelygivesomeorderstoasailor,andthenspringinglightlyonhorseback,leaveMarseillesbythePorted’Aix.

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