The Count of Monte Cristo

of the angles of Fort Saint Nicolas; then, turning round, he perceived Fernand, who had fallen,

Fernand, "here is a marriage which do

to despair, "

hen, love

dore

r l

I have known

ad of seeking to remedy your condition; I di

u have me do?"

e with Mademoiselle Mercédès; but for you—in the

found

ha

ld me that if any misfortune happened t

those things, b

rcédès; what she th

r she kill herself or not, what mat

ed Fernand, with the accents of unsh

se with a voice more tipsy than ever. "T

o me a good sort of fellow, and hang

d Caderouss

bottle, and you will be completely so. Drink then, and do not meddle with

I could drink four more such bottles; they are no b

attled his glass

and, awaiting with great anxiety t

is drunken Caderousse has made m

ey have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts

chants sont

prouvé par

you would like t

Dantès did not marry her you love; and the marriage may e

separate them, "

w, who will prove to you that you are wrong. Prove it, Danglars. I have answered for you. Say there is no need why Da

, he is not much out in what he says. Absence severs as well as death, and if the walls of a prison we

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sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, "and whe

that?" mutte

derousse, "should they put Dantès in prison? he

tongue!" sa

o know why they should put Dantès in prison; I like Dantès; D

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ess of his intoxication, and turning towards Fernand, sa

now, you have the means of having D

ng. But why should I meddle in the

s I know, you have some motive of personal hatred against Dantès, for

piness interested me; that's all; but since you believe I act for my own account, adieu, my de

her you have any angry feeling or not against Dantès. I hate him! I confess it openly. Do you find the means, I will

y eyes, he said, "Kill Dantès! who talks of killing Dantès? I won't have him killed—I won't! He's my friend, and

d Danglars. "We were merely joking; drink to his health, " he a

Caderousse, emptying his glass, "her

s—the means?"

it upon any?" a

undertook

the superiority over the Spaniards, that the

then, " said Fer

Danglars, "pen,

paper, " mutt

and paper are my tools, and witho

per, then, " call

ant on that table,

" The waiter did

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al to kill a man more sure than if we waited at the corner of a wood to assassinate him! I have a

some more wine, Fernand." Fernand filled Caderousse's glass, who, like the c

overcome by this fresh assault on his senses, res

he final glimmer of Caderousse's reason

voyage such as Dantès has just made, in which he touched at the Island of Elba

im!" exclaimed the

with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well. But Dantès cannot remain forever in prison, and

etter than that he would com

t you if you have only the misfortune to scr

said F

he left hand (that the writing may not be recognized) the denunciation we propose." And Danglars, uniting practice with theory, wrote with his left hand, an

rna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist c

lf, and the matter will thus work its own way; there is nothing to do now but fold the letter as I am doing, and

ing of the letter, and instinctively comprehended all the misery which such a denunciation must entail. "Yes,

I, amongst the first and foremost, should be sorry if anything happened to Dantès—the worthy Dantès—loo

e. "Dantès is my friend, an

nglars, rising and looking at the young man, who still remained seated, but

have some more wine. I wish to drink to th

glars; "and if you continue, you will be compelled t

drunken man, "I can't keep on my legs? Why, I'll wager I can go

bet; but tomorrow—today it is time to r

ut I don't want your arm at all. Come, Ferna

d; "I shall return

e with us to Marse

ill

nce; there's liberty for all the world. Come along, Danglars, a

the moment, to take him off towards Marseilles b

and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting

e said he was going to the Catalans, and he is going

d Danglars; "he's gone right by th

ld have sworn that he turned to t

elf, "now the thing is at work and i