Граф Монте-Крісто

The Presentation.

           Whoknowswhetherornottheseindustriousworthiesdonotpaytotheirfeudallordsomeduesforhisprotection?"

           "Thatispossible,"saidthecountess,reflecting.

           "Nevermind,"continuedtheyoungman,"smugglerornot,youmustagree,motherdear,asyouhaveseenhim,thattheCountofMonteCristoisaremarkableman,whowillhavethegreatestsuccessinthesalonsofParis.Why,thisverymorning,inmyrooms,hemadehisentreeamongstusbystrikingeverymanofuswithamazement,notevenexceptingChateau–Renaud."

           "Andwhatdoyousupposeisthecount’sage?"inquiredMercedes,evidentlyattachinggreatimportancetothisquestion.

           "Thirty-fiveorthirty-six,mother."

           "Soyoungitisimpossible,"saidMercedes,replyingatthesametimetowhatAlbertsaidaswellastoherownprivatereflection.

           "Itisthetruth,however.Threeorfourtimeshehassaidtome,andcertainlywithouttheslightestpremeditation,‘atsuchaperiodIwasfiveyearsold,atanothertenyearsold,atanothertwelve,’andI,inducedbycuriosity,whichkeptmealivetothesedetails,havecomparedthedates,andneverfoundhiminaccurate.Theageofthissingularman,whoisofnoage,isthen,Iamcertain,thirty-five.Besides,mother,remarkhowvividhiseye,howraven-blackhishair,andhisbrow,thoughsopale,isfreefromwrinklesheisnotonlyvigorous,butalsoyoung."Thecountessbentherhead,asifbeneathaheavywaveofbitterthoughts.

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