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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 2 Father and Son

Word Count: 2545    |    Released on: 15/03/2018

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

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1 Chapter 1 Marseilles—The Arrival2 Chapter 2 Father and Son3 Chapter 3 The Catalans4 Chapter 4 Conspiracy5 Chapter 5 The Marriage Feast6 Chapter 6 The Deputy Procureur du Roi7 Chapter 7 The Examination8 Chapter 8 The Chateau d’If9 Chapter 9 The Evening of the Betrothal10 Chapter 10 The King’s Closet at the Tuileries11 Chapter 11 The Corsican Ogre12 Chapter 12 Father and Son13 Chapter 13 The Hundred Days14 Chapter 14 The Two Prisoners15 Chapter 15 Number 34 and Number 2716 Chapter 16 A Learned Italian17 Chapter 17 The Abbé’s Chamber18 Chapter 18 The Treasure19 Chapter 19 The Third Attack20 Chapter 20 The Cemetery of the Chateau d’If21 Chapter 21 The Island of Tiboulen22 Chapter 22 The Smugglers23 Chapter 23 The Island of Monte Cristo24 Chapter 24 The Secret Cave25 Chapter 25 The Unknown26 Chapter 26 The Pont du Gard Inn27 Chapter 27 The Story28 Chapter 28 The Prison Register29 Chapter 29 The House of Morrel & Son30 Chapter 30 The Fifth of September31 Chapter 31 Italy Sinbad the Sailor32 Chapter 32 The Waking33 Chapter 33 Roman Bandits34 Chapter 34 The Colosseum35 Chapter 35 La Mazzolata36 Chapter 36 The Carnival at Rome37 Chapter 37 The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian38 Chapter 38 The Rendezvous39 Chapter 39 The Guests40 Chapter 40 The Breakfast41 Chapter 41 The Presentation42 Chapter 42 Monsieur Bertuccio43 Chapter 43 The House at Auteuil44 Chapter 44 The Vendetta45 Chapter 45 The Rain of Blood46 Chapter 46 Unlimited Credit47 Chapter 47 The Dappled Grays48 Chapter 48 Ideology49 Chapter 49 Haydée50 Chapter 50 The Morrel Family51 Chapter 51 Pyramus and Thisbe52 Chapter 52 Toxicology53 Chapter 53 Robert le Diable54 Chapter 54 A Flurry in Stocks55 Chapter 55 Major Cavalcanti56 Chapter 56 Andrea Cavalcanti57 Chapter 57 In the Lucern Patch58 Chapter 58 M. Noirtier de Villefort59 Chapter 59 The Will60 Chapter 60 The Telegraph61 Chapter 61 How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches62 Chapter 62 Ghosts63 Chapter 63 The Dinner64 Chapter 64 The Beggar65 Chapter 65 A Conjugal Scene66 Chapter 66 Matrimonial Projects67 Chapter 67 The Office of the King’s Attorney68 Chapter 68 A Summer Ball69 Chapter 69 The Inquiry70 Chapter 70 The Ball71 Chapter 71 Bread and Salt72 Chapter 72 Madame de Saint-Méran73 Chapter 73 The Promise74 Chapter 74 The Villefort Family Vault75 Chapter 75 A Signed Statement76 Chapter 76 Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger77 Chapter 77 Haydée78 Chapter 78 We hear From Yanina79 Chapter 79 The Lemonade80 Chapter 80 The Accusation81 Chapter 81 The Room of the Retired Baker82 Chapter 82 The Burglary83 Chapter 83 The Hand of God84 Chapter 84 Beauchamp85 Chapter 85 The Journey86 Chapter 86 The Trial87 Chapter 87 The Challenge88 Chapter 88 The Insult89 Chapter 89 The Night90 Chapter 90 The Meeting91 Chapter 91 Mother and Son92 Chapter 92 The Suicide93 Chapter 93 Valentine94 Chapter 94 Maximilian’s Avowal95 Chapter 95 Father and Daughter96 Chapter 96 The Contract97 Chapter 97 The Departure for Belgium98 Chapter 98 The Bell and Bottle Tavern99 Chapter 99 The Law100 Chapter 100 The Apparition