Граф Монте-Кристо

The Past.

           Astheyreachedtheshore,thecountinstinctivelyshrunktotheextremeendoftheboat,andtheownerwasobligedtocallout,inhissweetesttoneofvoice,"Sir,weareatthelanding."

           MonteCristorememberedthatonthatveryspot,onthesamerock,hehadbeenviolentlydraggedbytheguards,whoforcedhimtoascendtheslopeatthepointsoftheirbayonets.ThejourneyhadseemedverylongtoDantes,butMonteCristofounditequallyshort.Eachstrokeoftheoarseemedtoawakenanewthrongofideas,whichsprangupwiththeflyingsprayofthesea.

           TherehadbeennoprisonersconfinedintheChateaud’IfsincetherevolutionofJuly;itwasonlyinhabitedbyaguard,keptthereforthepreventionofsmuggling.Aconciergewaitedatthedoortoexhibittovisitorsthismonumentofcuriosity,onceasceneofterror.Thecountinquiredwhetheranyoftheancientjailerswerestillthere;buttheyhadallbeenpensioned,orhadpassedontosomeotheremployment.Theconciergewhoattendedhimhadonlybeentheresince1830.Hevisitedhisowndungeon.Heagainbeheldthedulllightvainlyendeavoringtopenetratethenarrowopening.Hiseyesresteduponthespotwherehadstoodhisbed,sincethenremoved,andbehindthebedthenewstonesindicatedwherethebreachmadebytheAbbeFariahadbeen.MonteCristofelthislimbstremble;heseatedhimselfuponalogofwood.

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