Граф Монте-Крісто

Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.

           TheywerewithinfifteenmilesofMonteCristowhenthesunbegantosetbehindCorsica,whosemountainsappearedagainstthesky,showingtheirruggedpeaksinboldrelief;thismassofrock,likethegiantAdamastor,rosedeadahead,aformidablebarrier,andinterceptingthelightthatgildeditsmassivepeakssothatthevoyagerswereinshadow.Littlebylittletheshadowrosehigherandseemedtodrivebeforeitthelastraysoftheexpiringday;atlastthereflectionrestedonthesummitofthemountain,whereitpausedaninstant,likethefierycrestofavolcano,thengloomgraduallycoveredthesummitasithadcoveredthebase,andtheislandnowonlyappearedtobeagraymountainthatgrewcontinuallydarker;halfanhourafter,thenightwasquitedark.

           Fortunately,themarinerswereusedtotheselatitudes,andkneweveryrockintheTuscanArchipelago;forinthemidstofthisobscurityFranzwasnotwithoutuneasinessCorsicahadlongsincedisappeared,andMonteCristoitselfwasinvisible;butthesailorsseemed,likethelynx,toseeinthedark,andthepilotwhosteereddidnotevincetheslightesthesitation.Anhourhadpassedsincethesunhadset,whenFranzfanciedhesaw,ataquarterofamiletotheleft,adarkmass,buthecouldnotpreciselymakeoutwhatitwas,andfearingtoexcitethemirthofthesailorsbymistakingafloatingcloudforland,heremainedsilent;suddenlyagreatlightappearedonthestrand;landmightresembleacloud,butthefirewasnotameteor."Whatisthislight?"askedhe.

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