Граф Монте-Кристо

The Assizes.

           Fromseveno’clockinthemorningacrowdwasstationedattheirongates,andanhourbeforethetrialcommencedthehallwasfulloftheprivileged.Beforetheentranceofthemagistrates,andindeedfrequentlyafterwards,acourtofjustice,ondayswhensomeespecialtrialistotakeplace,resemblesadrawing-roomwheremanypersonsrecognizeeachotherandconverseiftheycandosowithoutlosingtheirseats;or,iftheyareseparatedbytoogreatanumberoflawyers,communicatebysigns.

           Itwasoneofthemagnificentautumndayswhichmakeamendsforashortsummer;thecloudswhichM.deVilleforthadperceivedatsunrisehadalldisappearedasifbymagic,andoneofthesoftestandmostbrilliantdaysofSeptembershoneforthinallitssplendor.

           Beauchamp,oneofthekingsofthepress,andthereforeclaimingtherightofathroneeverywhere,waseyingeverybodythroughhismonocle.HeperceivedChateau–RenaudandDebray,whohadjustgainedthegoodgracesofasergeant-at-arms,andwhohadpersuadedthelattertoletthemstandbefore,insteadofbehindhim,astheyoughttohavedone.Theworthysergeanthadrecognizedtheminister’ssecretaryandthemillionnaire,and,bywayofpayingextraattentiontohisnobleneighbors,promisedtokeeptheirplaceswhiletheypaidavisittoBeauchamp.

           "Well,"saidBeauchamp,"weshallseeourfriend!"

           "Yes,indeed!"repliedDebray."Thatworthyprince.

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