Граф Монте-Крісто

Ideology.

           Hegaveaballeveryyear,atwhichheappearedforaquarterofanhouronlythatistosay,fiveandfortyminuteslessthanthekingisvisibleathisballs.Hewasneverseenatthetheatres,atconcerts,orinanyplaceofpublicresort.Occasionally,butseldom,heplayedatwhist,andthencarewastakentoselectpartnersworthyofhimsometimestheywereambassadors,sometimesarchbishops,orsometimesaprince,orapresident,orsomedowagerduchess.SuchwasthemanwhosecarriagehadjustnowstoppedbeforetheCountofMonteCristo’sdoor.ThevaletdechambreannouncedM.deVillefortatthemomentwhenthecount,leaningoveralargetable,wastracingonamaptheroutefromSt.PetersburgtoChina.

           Theprocureurenteredwiththesamegraveandmeasuredstephewouldhaveemployedinenteringacourtofjustice.Hewasthesameman,orratherthedevelopmentofthesameman,whomwehaveheretoforeseenasassistantattorneyatMarseilles.Nature,accordingtoherway,hadmadenodeviationinthepathhehadmarkedoutforhimself.Frombeingslenderhehadnowbecomemeagre;oncepale,hewasnowyellow;hisdeep-seteyeswerehollow,andthegoldspectaclesshieldinghiseyesseemedtobeanintegralportionofhisface.Hedressedentirelyinblack,withtheexceptionofhiswhitetie,andhisfuneralappearancewasonlymitigatedbytheslightlineofredribbonwhichpassedalmostimperceptiblythroughhisbutton-hole,andappearedlikeastreakofbloodtracedwithadelicatebrush.

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