Граф Монте-Крісто

The Waking.

           Herecognizedtheplacewherehehadawakedbythebedofheatherthatwasthere;butitwasinvainthathecarriedhistorchallroundtheexteriorsurfaceofthegrotto.Hesawnothing,unlessthat,bytracesofsmoke,othershadbeforehimattemptedthesamething,and,likehim,invain.Yethedidnotleaveafootofthisgranitewall,asimpenetrableasfuturity,withoutstrictscrutiny;hedidnotseeafissurewithoutintroducingthebladeofhishuntingswordintoit,oraprojectingpointonwhichhedidnotleanandpressinthehopesitwouldgiveway.Allwasvain;andhelosttwohoursinhisattempts,whichwereatlastutterlyuseless.Attheendofthistimehegaveuphissearch,andGaetanosmiled.

           WhenFranzappearedagainontheshore,theyachtonlyseemedlikeasmallwhitespeckonthehorizon.Helookedagainthroughhisglass,buteventhenhecouldnotdistinguishanything.Gaetanoremindedhimthathehadcomeforthepurposeofshootinggoats,whichhehadutterlyforgotten.Hetookhisfowling-piece,andbegantohuntovertheislandwiththeairofamanwhoisfulfillingaduty,ratherthanenjoyingapleasure;andattheendofaquarterofanhourhehadkilledagoatandtwokids.Theseanimals,thoughwildandagileaschamois,weretoomuchlikedomesticgoats,andFranzcouldnotconsiderthemasgame.Moreover,otherideas,muchmoreenthralling,occupiedhismind.

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