The Third Attack.

           Nowthatthistreasure,whichhadsolongbeentheobjectoftheabbe’smeditations,couldinsurethefuturehappinessofhimwhomFariareallylovedasason,ithaddoubleditsvalueinhiseyes,andeverydayheexpatiatedontheamount,explainingtoDantesallthegoodwhich,withthirteenorfourteenmillionsoffrancs,amancoulddointhesedaystohisfriends;andthenDantes’countenancebecamegloomy,fortheoathofvengeancehehadtakenrecurredtohismemory,andhereflectedhowmuchill,inthesetimes,amanwiththirteenorfourteenmillionscoulddotohisenemies.

           TheabbedidnotknowtheIslandofMonteCristo;butDantesknewit,andhadoftenpassedit,situatedtwenty-fivemilesfromPianosa,betweenCorsicaandtheIslandofElba,andhadoncetouchedthere.Thisislandwas,alwayshadbeen,andstillis,completelydeserted.Itisarockofalmostconicalform,whichlooksasthoughithadbeenthrustupbyvolcanicforcefromthedepthtothesurfaceoftheocean.DantesdrewaplanoftheislandforFaria,andFariagaveDantesadviceastothemeansheshouldemploytorecoverthetreasure.ButDanteswasfarfrombeingasenthusiasticandconfidentastheoldman.

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