The House at Auteuil.

           MonteCristonoticed,astheydescendedthestaircase,thatBertucciosignedhimselfintheCorsicanmanner;thatis,hadformedthesignofthecrossintheairwithhisthumb,andasheseatedhimselfinthecarriage,mutteredashortprayer.Anyonebutamanofexhaustlessthirstforknowledgewouldhavehadpityonseeingthesteward’sextraordinaryrepugnanceforthecount’sprojecteddrivewithoutthewalls;buttheCountwastoocurioustoletBertuccioofffromthislittlejourney.IntwentyminutestheywereatAuteuil;thesteward’semotionhadcontinuedtoaugmentastheyenteredthevillage.Bertuccio,crouchedinthecornerofthecarriage,begantoexaminewithafeverishanxietyeveryhousetheypassed."TellthemtostopatRuedelaFontaine,No.28,"saidthecount,fixinghiseyesonthesteward,towhomhegavethisorder.Bertuccio’sforeheadwascoveredwithperspiration;however,heobeyed,and,leaningoutofthewindow,hecriedtothecoachman"RuedelaFontaine,No.28."No.28wassituatedattheextremityofthevillage;duringthedrivenighthadsetin,anddarknessgavethesurroundingstheartificialappearanceofasceneonthestage.Thecarriagestopped,thefootmansprangoffthebox,andopenedthedoor."Well,"saidthecount,"youdonotgetout,M.Bertuccioyouaregoingtostayinthecarriage,then?Whatareyouthinkingofthisevening?"Bertucciosprangout,andofferedhisshouldertothecount,who,thistime,leaneduponitashedescendedthethreestepsofthecarriage.

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