Граф Монте-Кристо

The Dappled Grays.

           Thecarriagecreakedandrattledasitflewovertheroughstones,andtheslightestobstacleunderthewheelswouldhavecauseddisaster;butitkeptoninthemiddleoftheroad,andthosewhosawitpassutteredcriesofterror.

           Alisuddenlycastasidehischibouque,drewthelassofromhispocket,threwitsoskilfullyastocatchtheforelegsofthenearhorseinitstriplefold,andsufferedhimselftobedraggedonforafewstepsbytheviolenceoftheshock,thentheanimalfelloveronthepole,whichsnapped,andthereforepreventedtheotherhorsefrompursuingitsway.Gladlyavailinghimselfofthisopportunity,thecoachmanleapedfromhisbox;butAlihadpromptlyseizedthenostrilsofthesecondhorse,andheldtheminhisirongrasp,tillthebeast,snortingwithpain,sunkbesidehiscompanion.Allthiswasachievedinmuchlesstimethanisoccupiedintherecital.Thebriefspacehad,however,beensufficientforaman,followedbyanumberofservants,torushfromthehousebeforewhichtheaccidenthadoccurred,and,asthecoachmanopenedthedoorofthecarriage,totakefromitaladywhowasconvulsivelygraspingthecushionswithonehand,whilewiththeothershepressedtoherbosomtheyoungboy,whohadlostconsciousness.

           MonteCristocarriedthembothtothesalon,anddepositedthemonasofa."Composeyourself,madame,"saidhe;"alldangerisover.

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