Граф Монте-Крісто

Ideology.

           deVillefort;but,likethefeudalbaronswhorebelledagainsttheirsovereign,hedweltinanimpregnablefortress.Thisfortresswashispostasking’sattorney,alltheadvantagesofwhichheexploitedwithmarvellousskill,andwhichhewouldnothaveresignedbuttobemadedeputy,andthustoreplaceneutralitybyopposition.OrdinarilyM.deVillefortmadeandreturnedveryfewvisits.Hiswifevisitedforhim,andthiswasthereceivedthingintheworld,wheretheweightyandmultifariousoccupationsofthemagistratewereacceptedasanexcuseforwhatwasreallyonlycalculatedpride,amanifestationofprofessedsuperiorityinfact,theapplicationoftheaxiom,"Pretendtothinkwellofyourself,andtheworldwillthinkwellofyou,"anaxiomahundredtimesmoreusefulinsocietynowadaysthanthatoftheGreeks,"Knowthyself,"aknowledgeforwhich,inourdays,wehavesubstitutedthelessdifficultandmoreadvantageousscienceofknowingothers.

           TohisfriendsM.deVillefortwasapowerfulprotector;tohisenemies,hewasasilent,butbitteropponent;forthosewhowereneithertheonenortheother,hewasastatueofthelaw-mademan.Hehadahaughtybearing,alookeithersteadyandimpenetrableorinsolentlypiercingandinquisitorial.Foursuccessiverevolutionshadbuiltandcementedthepedestaluponwhichhisfortunewasbased.M.deVilleforthadthereputationofbeingtheleastcuriousandtheleastwearisomemaninFrance.

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