Граф Монте-Кристо

The Suicide.

           "Thefreshairandtheshamehefeltathavingexposedhimselfbeforehisservants,partlyrecalledhissenses,buttheridewasshort,andashedrewnearhishouseallhiswretchednessrevived.Hestoppedatashortdistancefromthehouseandalighted.

           Thedoorwaswideopen,ahackney-coachwasstandinginthemiddleoftheyardastrangesightbeforesonobleamansion;thecountlookedatitwithterror,butwithoutdaringtoinquireitsmeaning,herushedtowardshisapartment.Twopersonswerecomingdownthestairs;hehadonlytimetocreepintoanalcovetoavoidthem.ItwasMercedesleaningonherson’sarmandleavingthehouse.Theypassedclosebytheunhappybeing,who,concealedbehindthedamaskcurtain,almostfeltMercedesdressbrushpasthim,andhisson’swarmbreath,pronouncingthesewords"Courage,mother!Come,thisisnolongerourhome!"Thewordsdiedaway,thestepswerelostinthedistance.Thegeneraldrewhimselfup,clingingtothecurtain;heutteredthemostdreadfulsobwhicheverescapedfromthebosomofafatherabandonedatthesametimebyhiswifeandson.Hesoonheardtheclatteroftheironstepofthehackney-coach,thenthecoachman’svoice,andthentherollingoftheheavyvehicleshookthewindows.Hedartedtohisbedroomtoseeoncemoreallhehadlovedintheworld;butthehackney-coachdroveonandtheheadofneitherMercedesnorhersonappearedatthewindowtotakealastlookatthehouseorthedesertedfatherandhusband

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