Граф Монте-Кристо

Toxicology.

           Thereareasmanyelixirsofeverykindastherearecapricesandpeculiaritiesinthephysicalandmoralnatureofhumanity;andIwillsayfurthertheartofthesechemistsiscapablewiththeutmostprecisiontoaccommodateandproportiontheremedyandthebanetoyearningsforloveordesiresforvengeance."

           "But,sir,"remarkedtheyoungwoman,"theseEasternsocieties,inthemidstofwhichyouhavepassedaportionofyourexistence,areasfantasticasthetalesthatcomefromtheirstrangeland.Amancaneasilybeputoutofthewaythere,then;itis,indeed,theBagdadandBassoraofthe‘ThousandandOneNights.’Thesultansandvizierswhoruleoversocietythere,andwhoconstitutewhatinFrancewecallthegovernment,arereallyHaroun-alRaschidsandGiaffars,whonotonlypardonapoisoner,butevenmakehimaprimeminister,ifhiscrimehasbeenaningeniousone,andwho,undersuchcircumstances,havethewholestorywritteninlettersofgold,todiverttheirhoursofidlenessandennui."

           "Bynomeans,madame;thefancifulexistsnolongerintheEast.There,disguisedunderothernames,andconcealedunderothercostumes,arepoliceagents,magistrates,attorneys-general,andbailiffs.Theyhang,behead,andimpaletheircriminalsinthemostagreeablepossiblemanner;butsomeofthese,likecleverrogues,havecontrivedtoescapehumanjustice,andsucceedintheirfraudulententerprisesbycunningstratagems.

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