Граф Монте-Крісто

Unlimited Credit.

           Imadeinquiries,andfoundthatthehouseintheChampsElyseesishisownproperty,andcertainlyitwasverydecentlykeptup.But,"pursuedDanglarswithoneofhissinistersmiles,"anorderforunlimitedcreditcallsforsomethinglikecautiononthepartofthebankertowhomthatorderisgiven.Iamveryanxioustoseethisman.Isuspectahoaxisintended,buttheinstigatorsofitlittleknewwhomtheyhadtodealwith.‘Theylaughbestwholaughlast!’"

           Havingdeliveredhimselfofthispompousaddress,utteredwithadegreeofenergythatleftthebaronalmostoutofbreath,hebowedtotheassembledpartyandwithdrewtohisdrawing-room,whosesumptuousfurnishingsofwhiteandgoldhadcausedagreatsensationintheChausseed’Antin.Itwastothisapartmenthehaddesiredhisguesttobeshown,withthepurposeofoverwhelminghimatthesightofsomuchluxury.HefoundthecountstandingbeforesomecopiesofAlbanoandFattorethathadbeenpassedofftothebankerasoriginals;butwhich,merecopiesastheywere,seemedtofeeltheirdegradationinbeingbroughtintojuxtapositionwiththegaudycolorsthatcoveredtheceiling.ThecountturnedroundasheheardtheentranceofDanglarsintotheroom.Withaslightinclinationofthehead,Danglarssignedtothecounttobeseated,pointingsignificantlytoagildedarm-chair,coveredwithwhitesatinembroideredwithgold.Thecountsatdown."Ihavethehonor,Ipresume,ofaddressingM.deMonteCristo."

           Thecountbowed.

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