Граф Монте-Крісто

The Deputy Procureur du Roi.

           

           "Youwerewishingjustnow,"saidVillefort,addressingher,"thatIwereadoctorinsteadofalawyer.Well,IatleastresemblethedisciplesofEsculapiusinonethingthatofnotbeingabletocalladaymyown,noteventhatofmybetrothal."

           "Andwhereforewereyoucalledawayjustnow?"askedMademoiselledeSaint–Meran,withanairofdeepinterest.

           "Foraveryseriousmatter,whichbidsfairtomakeworkfortheexecutioner."

           "Howdreadful!"exclaimedRenee,turningpale.

           "Isitpossible?"burstsimultaneouslyfromallwhowerenearenoughtothemagistratetohearhiswords.

           "Why,ifmyinformationprovecorrect,asortofBonaparteconspiracyhasjustbeendiscovered."

           "CanIbelievemyears?"criedthemarquise.

           "Iwillreadyouthelettercontainingtheaccusation,atleast,"saidVillefort:—

           "‘Theking’sattorneyisinformedbyafriendtothethroneandthereligionsinstitutionsofhiscountry,thatonenamedEdmondDantes,mateoftheshipPharaon,thisdayarrivedfromSmyrna,afterhavingtouchedatNaplesandPorto–Ferrajo,hasbeenthebearerofaletterfromMurattotheusurper,andagaintakenchargeofanotherletterfromtheusurpertotheBonapartistclubinParis.Amplecorroborationofthisstatementmaybeobtainedbyarrestingtheabove-mentionedEdmondDantes,whoeithercarriestheletterforParisaboutwithhim,orhasitathisfather’sabode.

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