Major Cavalcanti.

           BoththecountandBaptistinhadtoldthetruthwhentheyannouncedtoMorcerftheproposedvisitofthemajor,whichhadservedMonteCristoasapretextfordecliningAlbert’sinvitation.Seveno’clockhadjuststruck,andM.Bertuccio,accordingtothecommandwhichhadbeengivenhim,hadtwohoursbeforeleftforAuteuil,whenacabstoppedatthedoor,andafterdepositingitsoccupantatthegate,immediatelyhurriedaway,asifashamedofitsemployment.Thevisitorwasaboutfifty-twoyearsofage,dressedinoneofthegreensurtouts,ornamentedwithblackfrogs,whichhavesolongmaintainedtheirpopularityalloverEurope.Heworetrousersofbluecloth,bootstolerablyclean,butnotofthebrightestpolish,andalittletoothickinthesoles,buckskingloves,ahatsomewhatresemblinginshapethoseusuallywornbythegendarmes,andablackcravatstripedwithwhite,which,iftheproprietorhadnotwornitofhisownfreewill,mighthavepassedforahalter,somuchdiditresembleone.Suchwasthepicturesquecostumeofthepersonwhorangatthegate,anddemandedifitwasnotatNo.30intheAvenuedesChamps–ElyseesthattheCountofMonteCristolived,andwho,beingansweredbytheporterintheaffirmative,entered,closedthegateafterhim,andbegantoascendthesteps.

           Thesmallandangularheadofthisman,hiswhitehairandthickgraymustaches,causedhimtobeeasilyrecognizedbyBaptistin,whohadreceivedanexactdescriptionoftheexpectedvisitor,andwhowasawaitinghiminthehall.

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