Граф Монте-Кристо

The Unknown.

           

           Edmondpreservedthemostadmirableself-command,notsufferingthefaintestindicationofasmiletoescapehimattheenumerationofallthebenefitshewouldhavereapedhadhebeenabletoquittheisland;butasTheYoungAmeliahadmerelycometoMonteCristotofetchhimaway,heembarkedthatsameevening,andproceededwiththecaptaintoLeghorn.ArrivedatLeghorn,herepairedtothehouseofaJew,adealerinpreciousstones,towhomhedisposedoffourofhissmallestdiamondsforfivethousandfrancseach.Danteshalffearedthatsuchvaluablejewelsinthehandsofapoorsailorlikehimselfmightexcitesuspicion;butthecunningpurchaseraskednotroublesomequestionsconcerningabargainbywhichhegainedaroundprofitofatleasteightypercent.

           ThefollowingdayDantespresentedJacopowithanentirelynewvessel,accompanyingthegiftbyadonationofonehundredpiastres,thathemightprovidehimselfwithasuitablecrewandotherrequisitesforhisoutfit,uponconditionthathewouldgoatoncetoMarseillesforthepurposeofinquiringafteranoldmannamedLouisDantes,residingintheAlleesdeMeillan,andalsoayoungwomancalledMercedes,aninhabitantoftheCatalanvillage.

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