Граф Монте-Кристо

The Prison Register.

           Hefoldeduptheaccusationquietly,andputitasquietlyinhispocket;readtheexamination,andsawthatthenameofNoirtierwasnotmentionedinit;perused,too,theapplicationdated10thApril,1815,inwhichMorrel,bythedeputyprocureur’sadvice,exaggeratedwiththebestintentions(forNapoleonwasthenonthethrone)theservicesDanteshadrenderedtotheimperialcauseserviceswhichVillefort’scertificatesrenderedindispensable.Thenhesawthroughthewholething.ThispetitiontoNapoleon,keptbackbyVillefort,hadbecome,underthesecondrestoration,aterribleweaponagainsthiminthehandsoftheking’sattorney.Hewasnolongerastonishedwhenhesearchedontofindintheregisterthisnote,placedinabracketagainsthisname:—

           EdmondDantes.

           AninveterateBonapartist;tookanactivepartinthereturnfromtheIslandofElba.

           Tobekeptinstrictsolitaryconfinement,andtobecloselywatchedandguarded.

           Beneaththeselineswaswritteninanotherhand:"Seenoteabovenothingcanbedone."HecomparedthewritinginthebracketwiththewritingofthecertificateplacedbeneathMorrel’spetition,anddiscoveredthatthenoteinthebracketwasthesamewritingasthecertificatethatistosay,wasinVillefort’shandwriting

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