Граф Монте-Кристо

The House of Morrel & Son.

           Inordertomeetthepaymentsthendue;hehadcollectedallhisresources,and,fearinglestthereportofhisdistressshouldgetbruitedabroadatMarseilleswhenhewasknowntobereducedtosuchanextremity,hewenttotheBeaucairefairtosellhiswife’sanddaughter’sjewelsandaportionofhisplate.Bythismeanstheendofthemonthwaspassed,buthisresourceswerenowexhausted.Credit,owingtothereportsafloat,wasnolongertobehad;andtomeettheonehundredthousandfrancsdueonthe10thofthepresentmonth,andtheonehundredthousandfrancsdueonthe15thofthenextmonthtoM.deBoville,M.Morrelhad,inreality,nohopebutthereturnofthePharaon,ofwhosedeparturehehadlearntfromavesselwhichhadweighedanchoratthesametime,andwhichhadalreadyarrivedinharbor.Butthisvesselwhich,likethePharaon,camefromCalcutta,hadbeeninforafortnight,whilenointelligencehadbeenreceivedofthePharaon.

           Suchwasthestateofaffairswhen,thedayafterhisinterviewwithM.deBoville,theconfidentialclerkofthehouseofThomson&FrenchofRome,presentedhimselfatM.Morrel’s.Emmanuelreceivedhim;thisyoungmanwasalarmedbytheappearanceofeverynewface,foreverynewfacemightbethatofanewcreditor,comeinanxietytoquestiontheheadofthehouse.Theyoungman,wishingtosparehisemployerthepainofthisinterview,questionedthenew-comer;butthestrangerdeclaredthathehadnothingtosaytoM.Emmanuel,andthathisbusinesswaswithM.Morrelinperson.

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