Граф Монте-Кристо

Dividing the Proceeds.

           Withthisconsolingidea,Ileaveyou,madame,andmostprudentwife,withoutanyconscientiousreproachforabandoningyou;youhavefriendsleft,andtheashesIhavealreadymentioned,andaboveallthelibertyIhastentorestoretoyou.Andhere,madame,Imustaddanotherwordofexplanation.SolongasIhopedyouwereworkingforthegoodofourhouseandforthefortuneofourdaughter,Iphilosophicallyclosedmyeyes;butasyouhavetransformedthathouseintoavastruinIwillnotbethefoundationofanotherman’sfortune.YouwererichwhenImarriedyou,butlittlerespected.Excusemeforspeakingsoverycandidly,butasthisisintendedonlyforourselves,IdonotseewhyIshouldweighmywords.Ihaveaugmentedourfortune,andithascontinuedtoincreaseduringthelastfifteenyears,tillextraordinaryandunexpectedcatastropheshavesuddenlyoverturneditwithoutanyfaultofmine,Icanhonestlydeclare.You,madame,haveonlysoughttoincreaseyourown,andIamconvincedthatyouhavesucceeded.Ileaveyou,therefore,asItookyourich,butlittlerespected.Adieu!Ialsointendfromthistimetoworkonmyownaccount.Acceptmyacknowledgmentsfortheexampleyouhavesetme,andwhichIintendfollowing.

           "Yourverydevotedhusband,

           "BaronDanglars."

           ThebaronesshadwatchedDebraywhilehereadthislongandpainfulletter,andsawhim,notwithstandinghisself-control,changecoloronceortwice.

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