Граф Монте-Кристо

The Treasure.

           Hedidso,andthusdoubledhisincome.Thecelebratedbreviaryremainedinthefamily,andwasinthecount’spossession.Ithadbeenhandeddownfromfathertoson;forthesingularclauseoftheonlywillthathadbeenfound,hadcausedittoberegardedasagenuinerelic,preservedinthefamilywithsuperstitiousveneration.Itwasanilluminatedbook,withbeautifulGothiccharacters,andsoweightywithgold,thataservantalwayscarrieditbeforethecardinalondaysofgreatsolemnity.

           "Atthesightofpapersofallsortstitles,contracts,parchments,whichwerekeptinthearchivesofthefamily,alldescendingfromthepoisonedcardinal,Iinmyturnexaminedtheimmensebundlesofdocuments,liketwentyservitors,stewards,secretariesbeforeme;butinspiteofthemostexhaustiveresearches,Ifoundnothing.YetIhadread,IhadevenwrittenaprecisehistoryoftheBorgiafamily,forthesolepurposeofassuringmyselfwhetheranyincreaseoffortunehadoccurredtothemonthedeathoftheCardinalCaesarSpada;butcouldonlytracetheacquisitionofthepropertyoftheCardinalRospigliosi,hiscompanioninmisfortune.

           "IwasthenalmostassuredthattheinheritancehadneitherprofitedtheBorgiasnorthefamily,buthadremainedunpossessedlikethetreasuresoftheArabianNights,whichsleptinthebosomoftheearthundertheeyesofthegenie.Isearched,ransacked,counted,calculatedathousandandathousandtimestheincomeandexpenditureofthefamilyforthreehundredyears.Itwasuseless.

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