Граф Монте-Крісто

The Fifth of September.

           Onthe20thofAugustitwasknownatMarseillesthathehadlefttowninthemailcoach,andthenitwassaidthatthebillswouldgotoprotestattheendofthemonth,andthatMorrelhadgoneawayandlefthischiefclerkEmmanuel,andhiscashierCocles,tomeetthecreditors.But,contrarytoallexpectation,whenthe31stofAugustcame,thehouseopenedasusual,andCoclesappearedbehindthegratingofthecounter,examinedallbillspresentedwiththeusualscrutiny,and,fromfirsttolast,paidallwiththeusualprecision.Therecamein,moreover,twodraftswhichM.Morrelhadfullyanticipated,andwhichCoclespaidaspunctuallyasthebillswhichtheshipownerhadaccepted.Allthiswasincomprehensible,andthen,withthetenacitypeculiartoprophetsofbadnews,thefailurewasputoffuntiltheendofSeptember.Onthe1st,Morrelreturned;hewasawaitedbyhisfamilywithextremeanxiety,forfromthisjourneytoParistheyhopedgreatthings.MorrelhadthoughtofDanglars,whowasnowimmenselyrich,andhadlainundergreatobligationstoMorrelinformerdays,sincetohimitwasowingthatDanglarsenteredtheserviceoftheSpanishbanker,withwhomhehadlaidthefoundationsofhisvastwealth.ItwassaidatthismomentthatDanglarswasworthfromsixtoeightmillionsoffrancs,andhadunlimitedcredit.Danglars,then,withouttakingacrownfromhispocket,couldsaveMorrel;hehadbuttopasshiswordforaloan,andMorrelwassaved.

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