Граф Монте-Кристо

The House of Morrel & Son.

           Morrel;andstronginthemultiplication-table,whichhehadathisfingers’ends,nomatterwhatschemeorwhattrapwaslaidtocatchhim.Inthemidstofthedisastersthatbefellthehouse,Cocleswastheonlyoneunmoved.Butthisdidnotarisefromawantofaffection;onthecontrary,fromafirmconviction.Liketheratsthatonebyoneforsakethedoomedshipevenbeforethevesselweighsanchor,soallthenumerousclerkshadbydegreesdesertedtheofficeandthewarehouse.Cocleshadseenthemgowithoutthinkingofinquiringthecauseoftheirdeparture.Everythingwasaswehavesaid,aquestionofarithmetictoCocles,andduringtwentyyearshehadalwaysseenallpaymentsmadewithsuchexactitude,thatitseemedasimpossibletohimthatthehouseshouldstoppayment,asitwouldtoamillerthattheriverthathadsolongturnedhismillshouldceasetoflow.

           NothinghadasyetoccurredtoshakeCocles’belief;thelastmonth’spaymenthadbeenmadewiththemostscrupulousexactitude;Cocleshaddetectedanoverbalanceoffourteensousinhiscash,andthesameeveninghehadbroughtthemtoM.Morrel,who,withamelancholysmile,threwthemintoanalmostemptydrawer,saying:

           "Thanks,Cocles;youarethepearlofcashiers."

           Cocleswentawayperfectlyhappy,forthiseulogiumofM.Morrel,himselfthepearlofthehonestmenofMarseilles,flatteredhimmorethanapresentoffiftycrowns.ButsincetheendofthemonthM.Morrelhadpassedmanyananxioushour.

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