Граф Монте-Кристо

A Learned Italian.

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           "Andyousaythatyoudugyourwayadistanceoffiftyfeettogethere?"

           "Ido;thatisaboutthedistancethatseparatesyourchamberfrommine;only,unfortunately,Ididnotcurvearight;forwantofthenecessarygeometricalinstrumentstocalculatemyscaleofproportion,insteadoftakinganellipsisoffortyfeet,Imadeitfifty.Iexpected,asItoldyou,toreachtheouterwall,piercethroughit,andthrowmyselfintothesea;Ihave,however,keptalongthecorridoronwhichyourchamberopens,insteadofgoingbeneathit.Mylaborisallinvain,forIfindthatthecorridorlooksintoacourtyardfilledwithsoldiers."

           "That’strue,"saidDantes;"butthecorridoryouspeakofonlyboundsonesideofmycell;therearethreeothersdoyouknowanythingoftheirsituation?"

           "Thisoneisbuiltagainstthesolidrock,anditwouldtaketenexperiencedminers,dulyfurnishedwiththerequisitetools,asmanyyearstoperforateit.Thisadjoinsthelowerpartofthegovernor’sapartments,andwerewetoworkourwaythrough,weshouldonlygetintosomelock-upcellars,wherewemustnecessarilyberecaptured.Thefourthandlastsideofyourcellfacesonfacesonstopaminute,nowwheredoesitface?"

           Thewallofwhichhespokewastheoneinwhichwasfixedtheloopholebywhichlightwasadmittedtothechamber.

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