Граф Монте-Крісто

The Compact.

           Hedweltwithconsiderableforceandenergyonthealmostmagicalhospitalityhehadreceivedfromthecount,andthemagnificenceofhisentertainmentinthegrottoofthe"ThousandandOneNights."Herecounted,withcircumstantialexactitude,alltheparticularsofthesupper,thehashish,thestatues,thedream,andhow,athisawakening,thereremainednoproofortraceofalltheseevents,savethesmallyacht,seeninthedistanthorizondrivingunderfullsailtowardPorto–Vecchio.ThenhedetailedtheconversationoverheardbyhimattheColosseum,betweenthecountandVampa,inwhichthecounthadpromisedtoobtainthereleaseofthebanditPeppinoanengagementwhich,asourreadersareaware,hemostfaithfullyfulfilled.Atlasthearrivedattheadventureoftheprecedingnight,andtheembarrassmentinwhichhefoundhimselfplacedbynothavingsufficientcashbysixorsevenhundredpiastrestomakeupthesumrequired,andfinallyofhisapplicationtothecountandthepicturesqueandsatisfactoryresultthatfollowed.Albertlistenedwiththemostprofoundattention."Well,"saidhe,whenFranzhadconcluded,"whatdoyoufindtoobjecttoinallyouhaverelated?Thecountisfondoftravelling,and,beingrich,possessesavesselofhisown.GobuttoPortsmouthorSouthampton,andyouwillfindtheharborscrowdedwiththeyachtsbelongingtosuchoftheEnglishascanaffordtheexpense,andhavethesamelikingforthisamusement.

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