Граф Монте-Кристо

M. Noirtier de Villefort.

           Sightandhearingweretheonlysensesremaining,andthey,liketwosolitarysparks,remainedtoanimatethemiserablebodywhichseemedfitfornothingbutthegrave;itwasonly,however,bymeansofoneofthesesensesthathecouldrevealthethoughtsandfeelingsthatstilloccupiedhismind,andthelookbywhichhegaveexpressiontohisinnerlifewaslikethedistantgleamofacandlewhichatravellerseesbynightacrosssomedesertplace,andknowsthatalivingbeingdwellsbeyondthesilenceandobscurity.Noirtier’shairwaslongandwhite,andflowedoverhisshoulders;whileinhiseyes,shadedbythickblacklashes,wasconcentrated,asitoftenhappenswithanorganwhichisusedtotheexclusionoftheothers,alltheactivity,address,force,andintelligencewhichwereformerlydiffusedoverhiswholebody;andsoalthoughthemovementofthearm,thesoundofthevoice,andtheagilityofthebody,werewanting,thespeakingeyesufficedforall.Hecommandedwithit;itwasthemediumthroughwhichhisthankswereconveyed.Inshort,hiswholeappearanceproducedonthemindtheimpressionofacorpsewithlivingeyes,andnothingcouldbemorestartlingthantoobservetheexpressionofangerorjoysuddenlylightinguptheseorgans,whiletherestoftherigidandmarble-likefeatureswereutterlydeprivedofthepowerofparticipation.Threepersonsonlycouldunderstandthislanguageofthepoorparalytic;thesewereVillefort,Valentine,andtheoldservantofwhomwehavealreadyspoken.

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