Граф Монте-Кристо

The Judge.

           Butthemindoftheprocureurwasmadeup;hefeltassuredthatBenedettowasguilty,andhehopedbyhisskillinconductingthisaggravatedcasetoflatterhisself-love,whichwasabouttheonlyvulnerablepointleftinhisfrozenheart.

           ThecasewasthereforepreparedowingtotheincessantlaborofVillefort,whowishedittobethefirstonthelistinthecomingassizes.Hehadbeenobligedtosecludehimselfmorethanever,toevadetheenormousnumberofapplicationspresentedtohimforthepurposeofobtainingticketsofadmissiontothecourtonthedayoftrial.AndthensoshortatimehadelapsedsincethedeathofpoorValentine,andthegloomwhichovershadowedthehousewassorecent,thatnoonewonderedtoseethefathersoabsorbedinhisprofessionalduties,whichweretheonlymeanshehadofdissipatinghisgrief.

           OnceonlyhadVillefortseenhisfather;itwasthedayafterthatuponwhichBertucciohadpaidhissecondvisittoBenedetto,whenthelatterwastolearnhisfather’sname.Themagistrate,harassedandfatigued,haddescendedtothegardenofhishouse,andinagloomymood,similartothatinwhichTarquinloppedoffthetallestpoppies,hebeganknockingoffwithhiscanethelonganddyingbranchesoftherose-trees,which,placedalongtheavenue,seemedlikethespectresofthebrilliantflowerswhichhadbloomedinthepastseason.

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