Граф Монте-Кристо

A Signed Statement.

           Themembers,apprisedofthesortofpresentationwhichwastobemadethatevening,wereallinattendance.Wheninthemiddleoftheroomthegeneralwasinvitedtoremovehisbandage,hedidsoimmediately,andwassurprisedtoseesomanywell-knownfacesinasocietyofwhoseexistencehehadtillthenbeenignorant.Theyquestionedhimastohissentiments,buthecontentedhimselfwithanswering,thatthelettersfromtheIslandofElbaoughttohaveinformedthem’"

           Franzinterruptedhimselfbysaying,"Myfatherwasaroyalist;theyneednothaveaskedhissentiments,whichwerewellknown."

           "Andhence,"saidVillefort,"arosemyaffectionforyourfather,mydearM.Franz.Opinionsheldincommonareareadybondofunion."

           "Readagain,"saidtheoldman.Franzcontinued:

           "‘Thepresidentthensoughttomakehimspeakmoreexplicitly,butM.deQuesnelrepliedthathewishedfirsttoknowwhattheywantedwithhim.HewastheninformedofthecontentsoftheletterfromtheIslandofElba,inwhichhewasrecommendedtotheclubasamanwhowouldbelikelytoadvancetheinterestsoftheirparty.OneparagraphspokeofthereturnofBonaparteandpromisedanotherletterandfurtherdetails,onthearrivalofthePharaonbelongingtotheshipbuilderMorrel,ofMarseilles,whosecaptainwasentirelydevotedtotheemperor.Duringallthistime,thegeneral,onwhomtheythoughttohavereliedasonabrother,manifestedevidentlysignsofdiscontentandrepugnance.

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