Граф Монте-Кристо

The Treasure.

           

           "Youknow,"saidtheabbe,"thatIwasthesecretaryandintimatefriendofCardinalSpada,thelastoftheprincesofthatname.IowetothisworthylordallthehappinessIeverknew.Hewasnotrich,althoughthewealthofhisfamilyhadpassedintoaproverb,andIheardthephraseveryoften,‘AsrichasaSpada.’Buthe,likepublicrumor,livedonthisreputationforwealth;hispalacewasmyparadise.Iwastutortohisnephews,whoaredead;andwhenhewasaloneintheworld,Itriedbyabsolutedevotiontohiswill,tomakeuptohimallhehaddoneformeduringtenyearsofunremittingkindness.Thecardinal’shousehadnosecretsforme.Ihadoftenseenmynoblepatronannotatingancientvolumes,andeagerlysearchingamongstdustyfamilymanuscripts.OnedaywhenIwasreproachinghimforhisunavailingsearches,anddeploringtheprostrationofmindthatfollowedthem,helookedatme,and,smilingbitterly,openedavolumerelatingtotheHistoryoftheCityofRome.There,inthetwentiethchapteroftheLifeofPopeAlexanderVI.,werethefollowinglines,whichIcanneverforget:

           "‘ThegreatwarsofRomagnahadended;CaesarBorgia,whohadcompletedhisconquest,hadneedofmoneytopurchaseallItaly.ThepopehadalsoneedofmoneytobringmatterstoanendwithLouisXII.

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