The Count of Monte Cristo
after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, h
a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trelli
d round; then, seeing his son, he fe
ther? Are you ill?" inquired
d not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing y
ts, and so I came to you without any warning. Come now, do smile, instead of l
an; "but how shall we be happy? Shall you never leave me agai
and I really cannot pretend to lament it. The good Captain Leclere is dead, father, and it is probable that, with the aid of M. Morrel, I shall have his place. Do you under
replied the old man,
small house, with a garden in which to plant clematis, nasturtiu
away"-and as he said so the old man's st
"a glass of wine, father, will revi
ot look for it; I do not wa
where it is, " and he ope
aid the old man, "
ternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empt
that I have you, "
ation from his brow, -"yet I gave you two hu
neighbor, Caderousse. He reminded me of it, telling me if I did not pay for you,
el
I paid
was a hundred and forty
ammered th
t of the two hundred
d man
or three months on sixty
tle I require, "
d Edmond, falling on his
re you
ounded me t
e, " said the old man; "and now it's a
0
e this-take it, and send for something immediately." And he emptied his pockets on the table, the contents consisting
is belong to?
buy some provisions; be happy, a
r purse moderately, for they would say, if they saw me buy too many things at a time
ou left alone so long. I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a sm
r arrival, and no doubt comes to congr
ther, " murmured Edmond. "But, never mind, he is a neigh
t the door. He was a man of twenty-five or six, and held a piece of c
he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and
eeable to you in any and every way, " replied Dantès, but
ere are others who have need of me." Dantès made a gesture. "I do not allude to you, my boy.
us, " was Dantès' reply; "for when we do n
ur happy return, my boy. I had gone on the quay to match a piece of mulberr
at Smyrna.'-'I was; b
he dear boy, our
And so I came, " added Caderousse, "as fast as I could
0
id the old man, "he is
But it seems you have come back rich, my boy, " continued the tailor, looking
I was expressing to my father my fears that he had wanted many things in my absence, and to convince me he emptied his purse on the table. Co
ited to my means. Keep your money-keep it, I say;-one never has too much;-but, at the
with good will
, you stand well with M. Morrel I
een exceedingly kind to
rong to refuse t
with him?" said old Dantès; "a
smiling at his father's astonishment a
efuse, my son?" in
n, my dear father, " replied the youn
, " said Caderousse. "And when you are looking forw
of my refusal, " replied Dantès, "
one must do a little fla
tain without that
r pleasure to all your old friends; and I know one down there be
" said the
een you, and know you are well and have all you require, I w
; "and Heaven bless you in your wif
fast you go on, father Dantès; she is
l probability she soon w
"but you were right to return
d w
, and fine girls never lack followers
ith a smile which had in it
0
ital offers, too; but you know, you will b
a smile which but ill-concealed his tr
Caderousse, sh
u of women in general, and of Mercédès in particular; and I am c
be married, there is nothing like implicit confidence; but never mind that, my bo
y; and, embracing his father, and noddin
of old Dantès, he went downstairs to rejoin Dangla
Danglars, "did
ft him, " answe
to his hope of
t as a thing a
, "he is in too much hu
Morrel has promi
is quite ela
y offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage,
you r
ho put into his hands the first silver he ever earned; but now M. Dantès
anglars, "he i
" answered Caderousse; "for if he should b
"he will remain what he is; and p
do you
myself. And is he still i
ss I am much mistaken, there w
0
in you
shoul
han you think, perhaps.
like up
ll you know abo
ce me to believe, as I told you, that the future captain will f
ou seen?-com
been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a
hink this cousin p
a strapping chap of twenty-one mea
Dantès has gone
before I
t La Réserve, and we can drink a glass
d Caderousse; "but
quickly to the designated place, they call
Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the br