Граф Монте-Кристо

Beauchamp.

           Cavalcanti,asthecount’sfather,whohighlyapprovedoftheunion,regrettedhisinabilitytoleaveParmaatthattime,andpromisedaweddinggiftofahundredandfiftythousandlivres.ItwasagreedthatthethreemillionsshouldbeintrustedtoDanglarstoinvest;somepersonshadwarnedtheyoungmanofthecircumstancesofhisfuturefather-inlaw,whohadoflatesustainedrepeatedlosses;butwithsublimedisinterestednessandconfidencetheyoungmanrefusedtolisten,ortoexpressasingledoubttothebaron.ThebaronadoredCountAndreaCavalcanti:notsoMademoiselleEugenieDanglars.Withaninstinctivehatredofmatrimony,shesufferedAndrea’sattentionsinordertogetridofMorcerf;butwhenAndreaurgedhissuit,shebetrayedanentiredisliketohim.Thebaronmightpossiblyhaveperceivedit,but,attributingittoacaprice,feignedignorance.

           ThedelaydemandedbyBeauchamphadnearlyexpired.MorcerfappreciatedtheadviceofMonteCristotoletthingsdieawayoftheirownaccord.Noonehadtakenuptheremarkaboutthegeneral,andnoonehadrecognizedintheofficerwhobetrayedthecastleofYaninathenoblecountintheHouseofPeers.Albert,howeverfeltnolessinsulted;thefewlineswhichhadirritatedhimwerecertainlyintendedasaninsult.Besides,themannerinwhichBeauchamphadclosedtheconferenceleftabitterrecollectioninhisheart.Hecherishedthethoughtoftheduel,hopingtoconcealitstruecauseevenfromhisseconds.

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