Граф Монте-Кристо

The Evening of the Betrothal.

           Themanhesacrificedtohisambition,thatinnocentvictimimmolatedonthealtarofhisfather’sfaults,appearedtohimpaleandthreatening,leadinghisaffiancedbridebythehand,andbringingwithhimremorse,notsuchastheancientsfigured,furiousandterrible,butthatslowandconsumingagonywhosepangsareintensifiedfromhourtohouruptotheverymomentofdeath.Thenhehadamoment’shesitation.Hehadfrequentlycalledforcapitalpunishmentoncriminals,andowingtohisirresistibleeloquencetheyhadbeencondemned,andyettheslightestshadowofremorsehadnevercloudedVillefort’sbrow,becausetheywereguilty;atleast,hebelievedso;butherewasaninnocentmanwhosehappinesshehaddestroyed:inthiscasehewasnotthejudge,buttheexecutioner.

           Ashethusreflected,hefeltthesensationwehavedescribed,andwhichhadhithertobeenunknowntohim,ariseinhisbosom,andfillhimwithvagueapprehensions.Itisthusthatawoundedmantremblesinstinctivelyattheapproachofthefingertohiswounduntilitbehealed,butVillefort’swasoneofthosethatneverclose,oriftheydo,onlyclosetoreopenmoreagonizingthanever.

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