Граф Монте-Кристо

The Secret Cave.

           Thistimehefellonhisknees,and,claspinghishandsconvulsively,utteredaprayerintelligibletoGodalone.Hesoonbecamecalmerandmorehappy,foronlynowdidhebegintorealizehisfelicity.Hethensethimselftoworktocounthisfortune.Therewereathousandingotsofgold,eachweighingfromtwotothreepounds;thenhepileduptwenty-fivethousandcrowns,eachworthabouteightyfrancsofourmoney,andbearingtheeffigiesofAlexanderVI.andhispredecessors;andhesawthatthecomplementwasnothalfempty.Andhemeasuredtendoublehandfulsofpearls,diamonds,andothergems,manyofwhich,mountedbythemostfamousworkmen,werevaluablebeyondtheirintrinsicworth.Dantessawthelightgraduallydisappear,andfearingtobesurprisedinthecavern,leftit,hisguninhishand.Apieceofbiscuitandasmallquantityofrumformedhissupper,andhesnatchedafewhours’sleep,lyingoverthemouthofthecave.

           Itwasanightofjoyandterror,suchasthismanofstupendousemotionshadalreadyexperiencedtwiceorthriceinhislifetime.

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