Граф Монте-Кристо

The Treasure.

           Itookawax-candleinonehand,andwiththeothergropedaboutforapieceofpaper(mymatch-boxbeingempty),withwhichIproposedtogetalightfromthesmallflamestillplayingontheembers.Fearing,however,tomakeuseofanyvaluablepieceofpaper,Ihesitatedforamoment,thenrecollectedthatIhadseeninthefamousbreviary,whichwasonthetablebesideme,anoldpaperquiteyellowwithage,andwhichhadservedasamarkerforcenturies,kepttherebytherequestoftheheirs.Ifeltforit,foundit,twistedituptogether,andputtingitintotheexpiringflame,setlighttoit.

           "Butbeneathmyfingers,asifbymagic,inproportionasthefireascended,Isawyellowishcharactersappearonthepaper.Igraspeditinmyhand,putouttheflameasquicklyasIcould,lightedmytaperinthefireitself,andopenedthecrumpledpaperwithinexpressibleemotion,recognizing,whenIhaddoneso,thatthesecharactershadbeentracedinmysteriousandsympatheticink,onlyappearingwhenexposedtothefire;nearlyone-thirdofthepaperhadbeenconsumedbytheflame.Itwasthatpaperyoureadthismorning;readitagain,Dantes,andthenIwillcompleteforyoutheincompletewordsandunconnectedsense."

           Faria,withanairoftriumph,offeredthepapertoDantes,whothistimereadthefollowingwords,tracedwithaninkofareddishcolorresemblingrust:

           "This25thdayofApril,1498,be...AlexanderVI.,andfearingthatnot...hemaydesiretobecomemyheir,andre...

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