Граф Монте-Кристо

The Marriage–Feast.

           MorrelappearedandwassalutedwithanenthusiasticburstofapplausefromthecrewofthePharaon,whohailedthevisitoftheshipownerasasureindicationthatthemanwhoseweddingfeasthethusdelightedtohonorwoulderelongbefirstincommandoftheship;andasDanteswasuniversallybelovedonboardhisvessel,thesailorsputnorestraintontheirtumultuousjoyatfindingthattheopinionandchoiceoftheirsuperiorssoexactlycoincidedwiththeirown.

           WiththeentranceofM.Morrel,DanglarsandCaderousseweredespatchedinsearchofthebride-groomtoconveytohimtheintelligenceofthearrivaloftheimportantpersonagewhosecominghadcreatedsuchalivelysensation,andtobeseechhimtomakehaste.

           DanglarsandCaderoussesetoffupontheirerrandatfullspeed;buteretheyhadgonemanystepstheyperceivedagroupadvancingtowardsthem,composedofthebetrothedpair,apartyofyounggirlsinattendanceonthebride,bywhosesidewalkedDantes’father;thewholebroughtupbyFernand,whoselipsworetheirusualsinistersmile.

           NeitherMercedesnorEdmondobservedthestrangeexpressionofhiscountenance;theyweresohappythattheywereconsciousonlyofthesunshineandthepresenceofeachother.

           Havingacquittedthemselvesoftheirerrand,andexchangedaheartyshakeofthehandwithEdmond,DanglarsandCaderoussetooktheirplacesbesideFernandandoldDantesthelatterofwhomattracteduniversalnotice.

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