Граф Монте-Крісто

The Vendetta.

           IshouldtellyouthatwelivedinthelittlevillageofRogliano,attheextremityofCapeCorso.Thisletterwasfrommybrother.Hetoldusthatthearmywasdisbanded,andthatheshouldreturnbyChateauroux,Clermont–Ferrand,LePuy,andNimes;and,ifIhadanymoney,heprayedmetoleaveitforhimatNimes,withaninn-keeperwithwhomIhaddealings."

           "Inthesmugglingline?"saidMonteCristo.

           "Eh,yourexcellency?Everyonemustlive."

           "Certainly;goon."

           "Ilovedmybrothertenderly,asItoldyourexcellency,andIresolvednottosendthemoney,buttotakeittohimmyself.Ipossessedathousandfrancs.IleftfivehundredwithAssunta,mysister-inlaw,andwiththeotherfivehundredIsetoffforNimes.Itwaseasytodoso,andasIhadmyboatandaladingtotakeinatsea,everythingfavoredmyproject.But,afterwehadtakeninourcargo,thewindbecamecontrary,sothatwewerefourorfivedayswithoutbeingabletoentertheRhone.Atlast,however,wesucceeded,andworkeduptoArles.IlefttheboatbetweenBellegardeandBeaucaire,andtooktheroadtoNimes."

           "Wearegettingtothestorynow?"

           "Yes,yourexcellency;excuseme,but,asyouwillsee,Ionlytellyouwhatisabsolutelynecessary.JustatthistimethefamousmassacrestookplaceinthesouthofFrance.Threebrigands,calledTrestaillon,Truphemy,andGraffan,publiclyassassinatedeverybodywhomtheysuspectedofBonapartism.

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