Граф Монте-Кристо

A Signed Statement.

           GeneraldeQuesnelacceptedthecondition,andpromisedonhishonornottoseektodiscovertheroadtheytook.Thegeneral’scarriagewasready,butthepresidenttoldhimitwasimpossibleforhimtouseit,sinceitwasuselesstoblindfoldthemasterifthecoachmanknewthroughwhatstreetshewent."Whatmustbedonethen?"askedthegeneral."Ihavemycarriagehere,"saidthepresident.

           "’"Haveyou,then,somuchconfidenceinyourservantthatyoucanintrusthimwithasecretyouwillnotallowmetoknow?"

           "’"Ourcoachmanisamemberoftheclub,"saidthepresident;"weshallbedrivenbyaState–Councillor."

           "’"Thenwerunanotherrisk,"saidthegeneral,laughing,"thatofbeingupset."Weinsertthisjoketoprovethatthegeneralwasnotintheleastcompelledtoattendthemeeting,butthathecamewillingly.Whentheywereseatedinthecarriagethepresidentremindedthegeneralofhispromisetoallowhiseyestobebandaged,towhichhemadenoopposition.Ontheroadthepresidentthoughthesawthegeneralmakeanattempttoremovethehandkerchief,andremindedhimofhisoath."Sureenough,"saidthegeneral.ThecarriagestoppedatanalleyleadingoutoftheRueSaint–Jacques.Thegeneralalighted,leaningonthearmofthepresident,ofwhosedignityhewasnotaware,consideringhimsimplyasamemberoftheclub;theywentthroughthealley,mountedaflightofstairs,andenteredtheassembly-room.

           "‘Thedeliberationshadalreadybegun.

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