Граф Монте-Крісто

The House of Morrel & Son.

           

           "Hereis,"saidtheEnglishman,takingaquantityofpapersfromhispocket,"anassignmentof200,000francstoourhousebyM.deBoville,theinspectorofprisons,towhomtheyaredue.Youacknowledge,ofcourse,thatyouowethissumtohim?"

           "Yes;heplacedthemoneyinmyhandsatfourandahalfpercentnearlyfiveyearsago."

           "Whenareyoutopay?"

           "Halfthe15thofthismonth,halfthe15thofnext."

           "Justso;andnowhereare32,500francspayableshortly;theyareallsignedbyyou,andassignedtoourhousebytheholders."

           "Irecognizethem,"saidMorrel,whosefacewassuffused,ashethoughtthat,forthefirsttimeinhislife,hewouldbeunabletohonorhisownsignature."Isthisall?"

           "No,IhavefortheendofthemonththesebillswhichhavebeenassignedtousbythehouseofPascal,andthehouseofWild&TurnerofMarseilles,amountingtonearly55,000.francs;inall,287,500francs."ItisimpossibletodescribewhatMorrelsufferedduringthisenumeration."Twohundredandeighty-seventhousandfivehundredfrancs,"repeatedhe.

           "Yes,sir,"repliedtheEnglishman."Iwillnot,"continuedhe,afteramoment’ssilence,"concealfromyou,thatwhileyourprobityandexactitudeuptothismomentareuniversallyacknowledged,yetthereportiscurrentinMarseillesthatyouarenotabletomeetyourliabilities."AtthisalmostbrutalspeechMorrelturneddeathlypale.

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