Граф Монте-Кристо

The Pardon.

           

           Fromthistimetheprisonerresolvedtosuffernolonger,buttohaveeverythinghewanted.Attheendoftwelvedays,afterhavingmadeasplendiddinner,hereckonedhisaccounts,andfoundthathehadonly50,000francsleft.Thenastrangereactiontookplace;hewhohadjustabandoned5,000,000endeavoredtosavethe50,000francshehadleft,andsoonerthangivethemupheresolvedtoenteragainuponalifeofprivationhewasdeludedbythehopefulnessthatisapremonitionofmadness.HewhoforsolongatimehadforgottenGod,begantothinkthatmiracleswerepossiblethattheaccursedcavernmightbediscoveredbytheofficersofthePapalStates,whowouldreleasehim;thatthenhewouldhave50,000remaining,whichwouldbesufficienttosavehimfromstarvation;andfinallyheprayedthatthissummightbepreservedtohim,andasheprayedhewept.Threedayspassedthus,duringwhichhisprayerswerefrequent,ifnotheartfelt.Sometimeshewasdelirious,andfanciedhesawanoldmanstretchedonapallet;he,also,wasdyingofhunger.

           Onthefourth,hewasnolongeraman,butalivingcorpse.Hehadpickedupeverycrumbthathadbeenleftfromhisformermeals,andwasbeginningtoeatthemattingwhichcoveredthefloorofhiscell.ThenheentreatedPeppino,ashewouldaguardianangel,togivehimfood;heofferedhim1,000francsforamouthfulofbread.ButPeppinodidnotanswer.Onthefifthdayhedraggedhimselftothedoorofthecell.

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