Граф Монте-Крісто

The Presentation.

           Fromthesalontheypassedintothebed-chamber;itwasamodeloftasteandsimpleelegance.Asingleportrait,signedbyLeopoldRobert,shoneinitscarvedandgildedframe.ThisportraitattractedtheCountofMonteCristo’sattention,forhemadethreerapidstepsinthechamber,andstoppedsuddenlybeforeit.Itwastheportraitofayoungwomanoffiveorsixandtwenty,withadarkcomplexion,andlightandlustrouseyes,veiledbeneathlonglashes.SheworethepicturesquecostumeoftheCatalanfisherwomen,aredandblackbodice,andgoldenpinsinherhair.Shewaslookingatthesea,andherformwasoutlinedontheblueoceanandsky.ThelightwassofaintintheroomthatAlbertdidnotperceivethepallorthatspreaditselfoverthecount’svisage,orthenervousheavingofhischestandshoulders.Silenceprevailedforaninstant,duringwhichMonteCristogazedintentlyonthepicture.

           "Youhavethereamostcharmingmistress,viscount,"saidthecountinaperfectlycalmtone;"andthiscostumeaballcostume,doubtlessbecomesheradmirably."

           "Ah,monsieur,"returnedAlbert,"Iwouldneverforgiveyouthismistakeifyouhadseenanotherpicturebesidethis.Youdonotknowmymother;sheitiswhomyouseehere.Shehadherportraitpaintedthussixoreightyearsago.Thiscostumeisafancyone,itappears,andtheresemblanceissogreatthatIthinkIstillseemymotherthesameasshewasin1830.Thecountesshadthisportraitpaintedduringthecount’sabsence.

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