Граф Монте-Кристо

Dividing the Proceeds.

           "ThebloodmountedtothetemplesofDebray,whoheldamillioninhispocket-book,andunimaginativeashewashecouldnothelpreflectingthatthesamehousehadcontainedtwowomen,oneofwhom,justlydishonored,hadleftitpoorwith1,500,000.francsunderhercloak,whiletheother,unjustlystricken,butsublimeinhermisfortune,wasyetrichwithafewdeniers.Thisparalleldisturbedhisusualpoliteness,thephilosophyhewitnessedappalledhim,hemutteredafewwordsofgeneralcivilityandrandown-stairs.

           Thatdaytheminister’sclerksandthesubordinateshadagreatdealtoputupwithfromhisill-humor.Butthatsamenight,hefoundhimselfthepossessorofafinehouse,situatedontheBoulevarddelaMadeleine,andanincomeof50,000livres.Thenextday,justasDebraywassigningthedeed,thatisaboutfiveo’clockintheafternoon,MadamedeMorcerf,afterhavingaffectionatelyembracedherson,enteredthecoupeofthediligence,whichcloseduponher.AmanwashiddeninLafitte’sbanking-house,behindoneofthelittlearchedwindowswhichareplacedaboveeachdesk;hesawMercedesenterthediligence,andhealsosawAlbertwithdraw.Thenhepassedhishandacrosshisforehead,whichwascloudedwithdoubt."Alas,"heexclaimed,"howcanIrestorethehappinessIhavetakenawayfromthesepoorinnocentcreatures?Godhelpme!"

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