Граф Монте-Кристо

The Apparition.

           

           Eleveno’clockhadstruck.Thenurse,havingplacedthebeveragepreparedbythedoctorwithinreachofthepatient,andlockedthedoor,waslisteningwithterrortothecommentsoftheservantsinthekitchen,andstoringhermemorywithallthehorriblestorieswhichhadforsomemonthspastamusedtheoccupantsoftheante-chambersinthehouseoftheking’sattorney.Meanwhileanunexpectedscenewaspassingintheroomwhichhadbeensocarefullylocked.Tenminuteshadelapsedsincethenursehadleft;Valentine,whoforthelasthourhadbeensufferingfromthefeverwhichreturnednightly,incapableofcontrollingherideas,wasforcedtoyieldtotheexcitementwhichexhausteditselfinproducingandreproducingasuccessionandrecurrenceofthesamefanciesandimages.Thenight-lampthrewoutcountlessrays,eachresolvingitselfintosomestrangeformtoherdisorderedimagination,whensuddenlybyitsflickeringlightValentinethoughtshesawthedoorofherlibrary,whichwasintherecessbythechimney-piece,openslowly,thoughsheinvainlistenedforthesoundofthehingesonwhichitturned.

           AtanyothertimeValentinewouldhaveseizedthesilkenbell-pullandsummonedassistance,butnothingastonishedherinherpresentsituation.Herreasontoldherthatallthevisionsshebeheldwerebutthechildrenofherimagination,andtheconvictionwasstrengthenedbythefactthatinthemorningnotracesremainedofthenocturnalphantoms,whodisappearedwiththecomingofdaylight.

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