Граф Монте-Кристо

The Treasure.

           Iremainedinmyignorance,andtheCountofSpadainhispoverty.Mypatrondied.Hehadreservedfromhisannuityhisfamilypapers,hislibrary,composedoffivethousandvolumes,andhisfamousbreviary.Allthesehebequeathedtome,withathousandRomancrowns,whichhehadinreadymoney,onconditionthatIwouldhaveanniversarymassessaidforthereposeofhissoul,andthatIwoulddrawupagenealogicaltreeandhistoryofhishouse.AllthisIdidscrupulously.Beeasy,mydearEdmond,weareneartheconclusion.

           "In1807,amonthbeforeIwasarrested,andafortnightafterthedeathoftheCountofSpada,onthe25thofDecember(youwillseepresentlyhowthedatebecamefixedinmymemory),Iwasreading,forthethousandthtime,thepapersIwasarranging,forthepalacewassoldtoastranger,andIwasgoingtoleaveRomeandsettleatFlorence,intendingtotakewithmetwelvethousandfrancsIpossessed,mylibrary,andthefamousbreviary,when,tiredwithmyconstantlaboratthesamething,andovercomebyaheavydinnerIhadeaten,myheaddroppedonmyhands,andIfellasleepaboutthreeo’clockintheafternoon.Iawokeastheclockwasstrikingsix.Iraisedmyhead;Iwasinutterdarkness.Irangforalight,butasnoonecame,Ideterminedtofindoneformyself.ItwasindeedbutanticipatingthesimplemannerswhichIshouldsoonbeunderthenecessityofadopting.

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