Граф Монте-Кристо

Peppino.

           Theresultwasthatwhenthenew-comerleftthehotelwiththecicerone,amandetachedhimselffromtherestoftheidlers,andwithouthavingbeenseenbythetraveller,andappearingtoexcitenoattentionfromtheguide,followedthestrangerwithasmuchskillasaParisianpoliceagentwouldhaveused.

           TheFrenchmanhadbeensoimpatienttoreachthehouseofThomson&Frenchthathewouldnotwaitforthehorsestobeharnessed,butleftwordforthecarriagetoovertakehimontheroad,ortowaitforhimatthebankers’door.Hereacheditbeforethecarriagearrived.TheFrenchmanentered,leavingintheanteroomhisguide,whoimmediatelyenteredintoconversationwithtwoorthreeoftheindustriousidlerswhoarealwaystobefoundinRomeatthedoorsofbanking-houses,churches,museums,ortheatres.WiththeFrenchman,themanwhohadfollowedhimenteredtoo;theFrenchmanknockedattheinnerdoor,andenteredthefirstroom;hisshadowdidthesame.

           "Messrs.Thomson&French?"inquiredthestranger.

           Anattendantaroseatasignfromaconfidentialclerkatthefirstdesk."WhomshallIannounce?"saidtheattendant.

           "BaronDanglars."

           "Followme,"saidtheman.Adooropened,throughwhichtheattendantandthebarondisappeared.ThemanwhohadfollowedDanglarssatdownonabench.Theclerkcontinuedtowriteforthenextfiveminutes;themanpreservedprofoundsilence,andremainedperfectlymotionless.

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