Граф Монте-Кристо

The Law.

           

           Unfortunately,inthisworldofours,eachpersonviewsthingsthroughacertainmedium,andsoispreventedfromseeinginthesamelightasothers,andMadameDanglars,therefore,verymuchregrettedthatthemarriageofEugeniehadnottakenplace,notonlybecausethematchwasgood,andlikelytoinsurethehappinessofherchild,butbecauseitwouldalsosetheratliberty.SheranthereforetoDebray,who,afterhavingliketherestofPariswitnessedthecontractsceneandthescandalattendingit,hadretiredinhastetohisclub,wherehewaschattingwithsomefriendsupontheeventswhichservedasasubjectofconversationforthree-fourthsofthatcityknownasthecapitaloftheworld.

           AttheprecisetimewhenMadameDanglars,dressedinblackandconcealedinalongveil,wasascendingthestairsleadingtoDebray’sapartmentsnotwithstandingtheassurancesoftheconciergethattheyoungmanwasnotathomeDebraywasoccupiedinrepellingtheinsinuationsofafriend,whotriedtopersuadehimthataftertheterriblescenewhichhadjusttakenplaceheought,asafriendofthefamily,tomarryMademoiselleDanglarsandhertwomillions.Debraydidnotdefendhimselfverywarmly,fortheideahadsometimescrossedhismind;still,whenherecollectedtheindependent,proudspiritofEugenie,hepositivelyrejecteditasutterlyimpossible,thoughthesamethoughtagaincontinuallyrecurredandfoundaresting-placeinhisheart.

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