Граф Монте-Кристо

The Contract.

           Acirclewasimmediatelyformedaroundthedoor.ThecountperceivedatoneglanceMadameDanglarsatoneendofthedrawing-room,M.Danglarsattheother,andEugenieinfrontofhim.Hefirstadvancedtowardsthebaroness,whowaschattingwithMadamedeVillefort,whohadcomealone,Valentinebeingstillaninvalid;andwithoutturningaside,soclearwastheroadleftforhim,hepassedfromthebaronesstoEugenie,whomhecomplimentedinsuchrapidandmeasuredterms,thattheproudartistwasquitestruck.NearherwasMademoiselleLouised’Armilly,whothankedthecountforthelettersofintroductionhehadsokindlygivenherforItaly,whichsheintendedimmediatelytomakeuseof.OnleavingtheseladieshefoundhimselfwithDanglars,whohadadvancedtomeethim.

           Havingaccomplishedthesethreesocialduties,MonteCristostopped,lookingaroundhimwiththatexpressionpeculiartoacertainclass,whichseemstosay,"Ihavedonemyduty,nowletothersdotheirs."Andrea,whowasinanadjoiningroom,hadsharedinthesensationcausedbythearrivalofMonteCristo,andnowcameforwardtopayhisrespectstothecount.Hefoundhimcompletelysurrounded;allwereeagertospeaktohim,asisalwaysthecasewiththosewhosewordsarefewandweighty.Thesolicitorsarrivedatthismomentandarrangedtheirscrawledpapersonthevelvetclothembroideredwithgoldwhichcoveredthetablepreparedforthesignature;itwasagilttablesupportedonlions’claws.Oneofthenotariessatdown,theotherremainedstanding.

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