Граф Монте-Кристо

The Dinner.

           "IamlikeNerocupitorimpossibilium;andthatiswhatisamusingyouatthismoment.Thisfish,whichseemssoexquisitetoyou,isverylikelynobetterthanperchorsalmon;butitseemedimpossibletoprocureit,andhereitis."

           "ButhowcouldyouhavethesefishbroughttoFrance?"

           "Oh,nothingmoreeasy.Eachfishwasbroughtoverinacaskonefilledwithriverherbsandweeds,theotherwithrushesandlakeplants;theywereplacedinawagonbuiltonpurpose,andthusthesterletlivedtwelvedays,thelampreyeight,andbothwerealivewhenmycookseizedthem,killingonewithmilkandtheotherwithwine.Youdonotbelieveme,M.Danglars!"

           "Icannothelpdoubting,"answeredDanglarswithhisstupidsmile.

           "Baptistin,"saidthecount,"havetheotherfishbroughtin-thesterletandthelampreywhichcameintheothercasks,andwhichareyetalive."Danglarsopenedhisbewilderedeyes;thecompanyclappedtheirhands.Fourservantscarriedintwocaskscoveredwithaquaticplants,andineachofwhichwasbreathingafishsimilartothoseonthetable.

           "Butwhyhavetwoofeachsort?"askedDanglars.

           "Merelybecauseonemighthavedied,"carelesslyansweredMonteCristo.

           "Youarecertainlyanextraordinaryman,"saidDanglars;"andphilosophersmaywellsayitisafinethingtoberich."

           "Andtohaveideas,"addedMadameDanglars.

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