How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches

           Notonthesamenight,ashehadintended,butthenextmorning,theCountofMonteCristowentoutbytheBarrierd’Enfer,takingtheroadtoOrleans.LeavingthevillageofLinas,withoutstoppingatthetelegraph,whichflourisheditsgreatbonyarmsashepassed,thecountreachedthetowerofMontlhery,situated,aseveryoneknows,uponthehighestpointoftheplainofthatname.Atthefootofthehillthecountdismountedandbegantoascendbyalittlewindingpath,abouteighteenincheswide;whenhereachedthesummithefoundhimselfstoppedbyahedge,uponwhichgreenfruithadsucceededtoredandwhiteflowers.

           MonteCristolookedfortheentrancetotheenclosure,andwasnotlonginfindingalittlewoodengate,workingonwillowhinges,andfastenedwithanailandstring.Thecountsoonmasteredthemechanism,thegateopened,andhethenfoundhimselfinalittlegarden,abouttwentyfeetlongbytwelvewide,boundedononesidebypartofthehedge,whichcontainedtheingeniouscontrivancewehavecalledagate,andontheotherbytheoldtower,coveredwithivyandstuddedwithwall-flowers.Noonewouldhavethoughtinlookingatthisold,weather-beaten,floral-deckedtower(whichmightbelikenedtoanelderlydamedresseduptoreceivehergrandchildrenatabirthdayfeast)thatitwouldhavebeencapableoftellingstrangethings,ifinadditiontothemenacingearswhichtheproverbsaysallwallsareprovidedwithithadalsoavoice.

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