Граф Монте-Кристо

The Villefort Family Vault.

           deVillefort,orrather,MademoiselleValentineor,stillrather,ourfriendFranz,inheritsamagnificentfortune,amounting,Ibelieve,to80,000livresperannum."

           "AndthisfortunewillbedoubledatthedeathoftheoldJacobin,Noirtier."

           "Thatisatenaciousoldgrandfather,"saidBeauchamp."Tenacempropositivirum.Ithinkhemusthavemadeanagreementwithdeathtooutliveallhisheirs,andheappearslikelytosucceed.HeresemblestheoldConventionalistof‘93,whosaidtoNapoleon,in1814,‘Youbendbecauseyourempireisayoungstem,weakenedbyrapidgrowth.TaketheRepublicforatutor;letusreturnwithrenewedstrengthtothebattle-field,andIpromiseyou500,000soldiers,anotherMarengo,andasecondAusterlitz.Ideasdonotbecomeextinct,sire;theyslumbersometimes,butonlyrevivethestrongerbeforetheysleepentirely.’Ideasandmenappearedthesametohim.Onethingonlypuzzlesme,namely,howFranzd’Epinaywilllikeagrandfatherwhocannotbeseparatedfromhiswife.ButwhereisFranz?"

           "Inthefirstcarriage,withM.deVillefort,whoconsidershimalreadyasoneofthefamily."

           Suchwastheconversationinalmostallthecarriages;thesetwosuddendeaths,soquicklyfollowingeachother,astonishedeveryone,butnoonesuspectedtheterriblesecretwhichM.d’Avrignyhadcommunicated,inhisnocturnalwalktoM.deVillefort.

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