Граф Монте-Кристо

The Secret Cave.

           Andhesprangfromtherockinordertoinspectthebaseonwhichithadformerlystood.Hesoonperceivedthataslopehadbeenformed,andtherockhadslidalongthisuntilitstoppedatthespotitnowoccupied.Alargestonehadservedasawedge;flintsandpebbleshadbeeninsertedaroundit,soastoconcealtheorifice;thisspeciesofmasonryhadbeencoveredwithearth,andgrassandweedshadgrownthere,mosshadclungtothestones,myrtle-busheshadtakenroot,andtheoldrockseemedfixedtotheearth.

           Dantesdugawaytheearthcarefully,anddetected,orfanciedhedetected,theingeniousartifice.Heattackedthiswall,cementedbythehandoftime,withhispickaxe.Aftertenminutes’laborthewallgaveway,andaholelargeenoughtoinsertthearmwasopened.Danteswentandcutthestrongestolive-treehecouldfind,strippedoffitsbranches,inserteditinthehole,anduseditasalever.Buttherockwastooheavy,andtoofirmlywedged,tobemovedbyanyoneman,wereheHerculeshimself.Dantessawthathemustattackthewedge.Buthow?Hecasthiseyesaround,andsawthehornfullofpowderwhichhisfriendJacopohadlefthim.Hesmiled;theinfernalinventionwouldservehimforthispurpose.Withtheaidofhispickaxe,Dantes,afterthemannerofalabor-savingpioneer,dugaminebetweentheupperrockandtheonethatsupportedit,filleditwithpowder,thenmadeamatchbyrollinghishandkerchiefinsaltpetre.Helighteditandretired.

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