Граф Монте-Крісто

The Vendetta.

           Inaninstantwewereonthealert,butitwastoolate;ourvesselwassurrounded,andamongstthecustom-houseofficersIobservedseveralgendarmes,and,asterrifiedatthesightoftheiruniformsasIwasbraveatthesightofanyother,Isprangintothehold,openedaport,anddroppedintotheriver,dived,andonlyroseatintervalstobreathe,untilIreachedaditchthathadrecentlybeenmadefromtheRhonetothecanalthatrunsfromBeaucairetoAigues–Mortes.Iwasnowsafe,forIcouldswimalongtheditchwithoutbeingseen,andIreachedthecanalinsafety.Ihaddesignedlytakenthisdirection.Ihavealreadytoldyourexcellencyofaninn-keeperfromNimeswhohadsetupalittletavernontheroadfromBellegardetoBeaucaire."

           "Yes,"saidMonteCristo"Iperfectlyrecollecthim;Ithinkhewasyourcolleague."

           "Precisely,"answeredBertuccio;"buthehad,sevenoreightyearsbeforethisperiod,soldhisestablishmenttoatailoratMarseilles,who,havingalmostruinedhimselfinhisoldtrade,wishedtomakehisfortuneinanother.Ofcourse,wemadethesamearrangementswiththenewlandlordthatwehadwiththeold;anditwasofthismanthatIintendedtoaskshelter."

           "Whatwashisname?"inquiredthecount,whoseemedtobecomesomewhatinterestedinBertuccio’sstory.

           "GaspardCaderousse;hehadmarriedawomanfromthevillageofCarconte,andwhomwedidnotknowbyanyothernamethanthatofhervillage.

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