Граф Монте-Крісто

The Presentation.

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           "Well,then,yourgovernmentwoulddowelltochoosefromthepastsomethingbetterthanthethingsthatIhavenoticedonyourmonuments,andwhichhavenoheraldicmeaningwhatever.Asforyou,viscount,"continuedMonteCristotoMorcerf,"youaremorefortunatethanthegovernment,foryourarmsarereallybeautiful,andspeaktotheimagination.Yes,youareatoncefromProvenceandSpain;thatexplains,iftheportraityoushowedmebelike,thedarkhueIsomuchadmiredonthevisageofthenobleCatalan."ItwouldhaverequiredthepenetrationofOedipusortheSphinxtohavedivinedtheironythecountconcealedbeneaththesewords,apparentlyutteredwiththegreatestpoliteness.Morcerfthankedhimwithasmile,andpushedopenthedoorabovewhichwerehisarms,andwhich,aswehavesaid,openedintothesalon.Inthemostconspicuouspartofthesalonwasanotherportrait.Itwasthatofaman,fromfivetoeightandthirty,intheuniformofageneralofficer,wearingthedoubleepauletofheavybullion,thatindicatessuperiorrank,theribbonoftheLegionofHonoraroundhisneck,whichshowedhewasacommander,andontherightbreast,thestarofagrandofficeroftheorderoftheSaviour,andontheleftthatofthegrandcrossofCharlesIII.,whichprovedthatthepersonrepresentedbythepicturehadservedinthewarsofGreeceandSpain,or,whatwasjustthesamethingasregardeddecorations,hadfulfilledsomediplomaticmissioninthetwocountries.

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