Граф Монте-Кристо

The Contract.

           AnAcademicianwouldsaythattheentertainmentsofthefashionableworldarecollectionsofflowerswhichattractinconstantbutterflies,famishedbees,andbuzzingdrones.

           Noonecoulddenythattheroomsweresplendidlyilluminated;thelightstreamedforthonthegiltmouldingsandthesilkhangings;andallthebadtasteofdecorations,whichhadonlytheirrichnesstoboastof,shoneinitssplendor.MademoiselleEugeniewasdressedwithelegantsimplicityinafiguredwhitesilkdress,andawhiterosehalfconcealedinherjetblackhairwasheronlyornament,unaccompaniedbyasinglejewel.Hereyes,however,betrayedthatperfectconfidencewhichcontradictedthegirlishsimplicityofthismodestattire.MadameDanglarswaschattingatashortdistancewithDebray,Beauchamp,andChateau–Renaud.

           Debraywasadmittedtothehouseforthisgrandceremony,butonthesameplanewitheveryoneelse,andwithoutanyparticularprivilege.M.Danglars,surroundedbydeputiesandmenconnectedwiththerevenue,wasexplaininganewtheoryoftaxationwhichheintendedtoadoptwhenthecourseofeventshadcompelledthegovernmenttocallhimintotheministry.Andrea,onwhosearmhungoneofthemostconsummatedandiesoftheopera,wasexplainingtohimrathercleverly,sincehewasobligedtobeboldtoappearatease,hisfutureprojects,andthenewluxurieshemeanttointroducetoParisianfashionswithhishundredandseventy-fivethousandlivresperannum.

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