Граф Монте-Кристо

The Prison Register.

           15,RuedeNouailles;hehas,Ibelieve,twohundredthousandfrancsinMorrel’shands,andiftherebeanygroundsforapprehension,asthisisagreateramountthanmine,youwillmostprobablyfindhimbetterinformedthanmyself."

           TheEnglishmanseemedtoappreciatethisextremedelicacy,madehisbowandwentaway,proceedingwithacharacteristicBritishstridetowardsthestreetmentioned.M.deBovillewasinhisprivateroom,andtheEnglishman,onperceivinghim,madeagestureofsurprise,whichseemedtoindicatethatitwasnotthefirsttimehehadbeeninhispresence.AstoM.deBoville,hewasinsuchastateofdespair,thatitwasevidentallthefacultiesofhismind,absorbedinthethoughtwhichoccupiedhimatthemoment,didnotalloweitherhismemoryorhisimaginationtostraytothepast.TheEnglishman,withthecoolnessofhisnation,addressedhimintermsnearlysimilartothosewithwhichhehadaccostedthemayorofMarseilles."Oh,sir,"exclaimedM.deBoville,"yourfearsareunfortunatelybuttoowellfounded,andyouseebeforeyouamanindespair.IhadtwohundredthousandfrancsplacedinthehandsofMorrel&Son;thesetwohundredthousandfrancswerethedowryofmydaughter,whowastobemarriedinafortnight,andthesetwohundredthousandfrancswerepayable,halfonthe15thofthismonth,andtheotherhalfonthe15thofnextmonth.IhadinformedM.

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