Граф Монте-Крісто

Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.

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           Gaetanofalteredanexcuse,andadvancedtotheoppositeside,whiletwosailorskindledtorchesatthefiretolightthemontheirway.Theyadvancedaboutthirtypaces,andthenstoppedatasmallesplanadesurroundedwithrocks,inwhichseatshadbeencut,notunlikesentry-boxes.Aroundinthecrevicesoftherocksgrewafewdwarfoaksandthickbushesofmyrtles.Franzloweredatorch,andsawbythemassofcindersthathadaccumulatedthathewasnotthefirsttodiscoverthisretreat,whichwas,doubtless,oneofthehalting-placesofthewanderingvisitorsofMonteCristo.Asforhissuspicions,onceonterrafirma,oncethathehadseentheindifferent,ifnotfriendly,appearanceofhishosts,hisanxietyhadquitedisappeared,orrather,atsightofthegoat,hadturnedtoappetite.HementionedthistoGaetano,whorepliedthatnothingcouldbemoreeasythantoprepareasupperwhentheyhadintheirboat,bread,wine,halfadozenpartridges,andagoodfiretoroastthemby."Besides,"addedhe,"ifthesmelloftheirroastmeattemptsyou,Iwillgoandofferthemtwoofourbirdsforaslice."

           "Youareaborndiplomat,"returnedFranz;"goandtry."

           Meanwhilethesailorshadcollecteddriedsticksandbrancheswithwhichtheymadeafire.Franzwaitedimpatiently,inhalingthearomaoftheroastedmeat,whenthecaptainreturnedwithamysteriousair.

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