Граф Монте-Кристо

Robert le Diable.

           SeethatclusterofpersonscollectedaroundpoorAli,whoisasmuchastonishedasthemselves;reallyonemightsupposehewastheonlyNubiantheyhadeverbeheld.NowIcanpromiseyou,thataFrenchmanmightshowhimselfinpublic,eitherinTunis,Constantinople,Bagdad,orCairo,withoutbeingtreatedinthatway."

           "ThatshowsthattheEasternnationshavetoomuchgoodsensetowastetheirtimeandattentiononobjectsundeservingofeither.However,asfarasAliisconcerned,Icanassureyou,theinterestheexcitesismerelyfromthecircumstanceofhisbeingyourattendantyou,whoareatthismomentthemostcelebratedandfashionablepersoninParis."

           "Really?andwhathasprocuredmesoflutteringadistinction?"

           "What?why,yourself,tobesure!Yougiveawayhorsesworthathousandlouis;yousavethelivesofladiesofhighrankandbeauty;underthenameofMajorBrackyourunthoroughbredsriddenbytinyurchinsnotlargerthanmarmots;then,whenyouhavecarriedoffthegoldentrophyofvictory,insteadofsettinganyvalueonit,yougiveittothefirsthandsomewomanyouthinkof!"

           "Andwhohasfilledyourheadwithallthisnonsense?"

           "Why,inthefirstplace,IhearditfromMadameDanglars,who,bytheby,isdyingtoseeyouinherbox,ortohaveyouseentherebyothers;secondly,IlearneditfromBeauchamp’sjournal;andthirdly,frommyownimagination.

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