Граф Монте-Крісто

The Compact.

           Now,bywayofhavingaresting-placeduringhisexcursions,avoidingthewretchedcookerywhichhasbeentryingitsbesttopoisonmeduringthelastfourmonths,whileyouhavemanfullyresisteditseffectsforasmanyyearsandobtainingabedonwhichitispossibletoslumber,MonteCristohasfurnishedforhimselfatemporaryabodewhereyoufirstfoundhim;but,topreventthepossibilityoftheTuscangovernmenttakingafancytohisenchantedpalace,andtherebydeprivinghimoftheadvantagesnaturallyexpectedfromsolargeanoutlayofcapital,hehaswiselyenoughpurchasedtheisland,andtakenitsname.Justaskyourself,mygoodfellow,whethertherearenotmanypersonsofouracquaintancewhoassumethenamesoflandsandpropertiestheyneverintheirlivesweremastersof?"

           "But,"saidFranz,"theCorsicanbanditsthatwereamongthecrewofhisvessel?"

           "Why,reallythethingseemstomesimpleenough.NobodyknowsbetterthanyourselfthatthebanditsofCorsicaarenotroguesorthieves,butpurelyandsimplyfugitives,drivenbysomesinistermotivefromtheirnativetownorvillage,andthattheirfellowshipinvolvesnodisgraceorstigma;formyownpart,Iprotestthat,shouldIevergotoCorsica,myfirstvisit,ereevenIpresentedmyselftothemayororprefect,shouldbetothebanditsofColomba,ifIcouldonlymanagetofindthem;for,onmyconscience,theyarearaceofmenIadmiregreatly.

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