Граф Монте-Кристо

The Bell and Bottle Tavern.

           Beforedaybreakhewouldawake,leavetheinnafterrigorouslypayinghisbill,andreachingtheforest,hewould,underpretenceofmakingstudiesinpainting,testthehospitalityofsomepeasants,procurehimselfthedressofawoodcutterandahatchet,castingoffthelion’sskintoassumethatofthewoodman;then,withhishandscoveredwithdirt,hishairdarkenedbymeansofaleadencomb,hiscomplexionembrownedwithapreparationforwhichoneofhisoldcomradeshadgivenhimtherecipe,heintended,byfollowingthewoodeddistricts,toreachthenearestfrontier,walkingbynightandsleepinginthedayintheforestsandquarries,andonlyenteringinhabitedregionstobuyaloaffromtimetotime.

           Oncepastthefrontier,Andreaproposedmakingmoneyofhisdiamonds;andbyunitingtheproceedstotenbank-noteshealwayscarriedaboutwithhimincaseofaccident,hewouldthenfindhimselfpossessorofabout50,000livres,whichhephilosophicallyconsideredasnoverydeplorableconditionafterall.Moreover,hereckonedmuchontheinterestoftheDanglarstohushuptherumoroftheirownmisadventures.Thesewerethereasonswhich,addedtothefatigue,causedAndreatosleepsosoundly.Inorderthathemightawakenearlyhedidnotclosetheshutters,butcontentedhimselfwithboltingthedoorandplacingonthetableanunclaspedandlong-pointedknife,whosetemperhewellknew,andwhichwasneverabsentfromhim.

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