Граф Монте-Кристо

The Contract.

           

           "Oh,thenmyfatherhasreallyaverylargefortune,count?"

           "Itappearsso,sir,"repliedMonteCristo.

           "Doyouknowifthemarriagesettlementhepromisedmehascome?"

           "Ihavebeenadvisedofit."

           "Butthethreemillions?"

           "Thethreemillionsareprobablyontheroad."

           "ThenIshallreallyhavethem?"

           "Oh,well,"saidthecount,"Idonotthinkyouhaveyetknownthewantofmoney."Andreawassosurprisedthatheponderedthematterforamoment.Then,arousingfromhisrevery"Now,sir,Ihaveonerequesttomaketoyou,whichyouwillunderstand,evenifitshouldbedisagreeabletoyou."

           "Proceed,"saidMonteCristo.

           "Ihaveformedanacquaintance,thankstomygoodfortune,withmanynotedpersons,andhave,atleastforthemoment,acrowdoffriends.Butmarrying,asIamabouttodo,beforeallParis,Ioughttobesupportedbyanillustriousname,andintheabsenceofthepaternalhandsomepowerfuloneoughttoleadmetothealtar;now,myfatherisnotcomingtoParis,ishe?Heisold,coveredwithwounds,andsuffersdreadfully,hesays,intravelling."

           "Indeed?"

           "Well,Iamcometoaskafavorofyou."

           "Ofme?"

           "Yes,ofyou."

           "Andpraywhatmayitbe?"

           "Well,totakehispart.

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