Граф Монте-Кристо

The Secret Cave.

           Hethenlookedattheobjectsnearhim.Hesawthathewasonthehighestpointoftheislandastatueonthisvastpedestalofgranite,nothinghumanappearinginsight,whiletheblueoceanbeatagainstthebaseoftheisland,andcovereditwithafringeoffoam.Thenhedescendedwithcautiousandslowstep,forhedreadedlestanaccidentsimilartothathehadsoadroitlyfeignedshouldhappeninreality.

           Dantes,aswehavesaid,hadtracedthemarksalongtherocks,andhehadnoticedthattheyledtoasmallcreek,whichwashiddenlikethebathofsomeancientnymph.Thiscreekwassufficientlywideatitsmouth,anddeepinthecentre,toadmitoftheentranceofasmallvesseloftheluggerclass,whichwouldbeperfectlyconcealedfromobservation.

           Thenfollowingtheclewthat,inthehandsoftheAbbeFaria,hadbeensoskilfullyusedtoguidehimthroughtheDaedalianlabyrinthofprobabilities,hethoughtthattheCardinalSpada,anxiousnottobewatched,hadenteredthecreek,concealedhislittlebarque,followedthelinemarkedbythenotchesintherock,andattheendofithadburiedhistreasure.ItwasthisideathathadbroughtDantesbacktothecircularrock.OnethingonlyperplexedEdmond,anddestroyedhistheory.Howcouldthisrock,whichweighedseveraltons,havebeenliftedtothisspot,withouttheaidofmanymen?Suddenlyanideaflashedacrosshismind.Insteadofraisingit,thoughthe,theyhaveloweredit.

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