Граф Монте-Кристо

The Pont du Gard Inn.

           Eachstalkservedasaperchforagrasshopper,whichregaledthepassersbythroughthisEgyptianscenewithitsstrident,monotonousnote.

           Foraboutsevenoreightyearsthelittletavernhadbeenkeptbyamanandhiswife,withtwoservantsachambermaidnamedTrinette,andahostlercalledPecaud.Thissmallstaffwasquiteequaltoalltherequirements,foracanalbetweenBeaucaireandAiguemorteshadrevolutionizedtransportationbysubstitutingboatsforthecartandthestagecoach.And,asthoughtoaddtothedailymiserywhichthisprosperouscanalinflictedontheunfortunateinn-keeper,whoseutterruinitwasfastaccomplishing,itwassituatedbetweentheRhonefromwhichithaditssourceandthepost-roadithaddepleted,notahundredstepsfromtheinn,ofwhichwehavegivenabriefbutfaithfuldescription.

           Theinn-keeperhimselfwasamanoffromfortytofifty-fiveyearsofage,tall,strong,andbony,aperfectspecimenofthenativesofthosesouthernlatitudes;hehaddark,sparkling,anddeep-seteyes,hookednose,andteethwhiteasthoseofacarnivorousanimal;hishair,likehisbeard,whichheworeunderhischin,wasthickandcurly,andinspiteofhisagebutslightlyinterspersedwithafewsilverythreads.

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