Cast, crew and review of the Robert Donat version of the story. LOS SUFRIMIENTOS DE CRISTO. The Count Of Monte Cristo (formerly Edmond Dant. The Count of Monte Cristo ( Chapter 3. 5: La Mazzolata . You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! He did not mention a syllable of your embarrassment to me, when he knows that, alone and isolated as I am, I seek every opportunity of making the acquaintance of my neighbors. As soon as I learned I could in any way assist you, I most eagerly seized the opportunity of offering my services.” The two young men bowed. Franz had, as yet, found nothing to say; he had come to no determination, and as nothing in the count’s manner manifested the wish that he should recognize him, he did not know whether to make any allusion to the past, or wait until he had more proof; besides, although sure it was he who had been in the box the previous evening, he could not be equally positive that this was the man he had seen at the Colosseum. He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count. Moreover, he had this advantage, he was master of the count’s secret, while the count had no hold on Franz, who had nothing to conceal. However, he resolved to lead the conversation to a subject which might possibly clear up his doubts. Can you tell us where we can obtain a sight of the Piazza del Popolo?”. Ah,” said the count negligently, looking attentively at Morcerf, “is there not something like an execution upon the Piazza del Popolo?”. Yes,” returned Franz, finding that the count was coming to the point he wished. When I ring once, it is for my valet; twice, for my majordomo; thrice, for my steward,—thus I do not waste a minute or a word. Year Published: 1844; Language: English; Country of Origin: United States of America; Source: Dumas, A. The Count of Monte Cristo. Biography of Alexandre Dumas pere and a searchable collection of works. The Count of Monte Cristo movie reviews & Metacritic score: Alexandre Dumas's classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his br. The Count of Monte Cristo Questions and Answers. The Question and Answer section for The Count of Monte Cristo is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and. Here he is.” A man of about forty–five or fifty entered, exactly resembling the smuggler who had introduced Franz into the cavern; but he did not appear to recognize him. It was evident he had his orders. You have the window, that is sufficient. Give orders to the coachman; and be in readiness on the stairs to conduct us to it.” The steward bowed, and was about to quit the room. Bertuccio; but let us know when breakfast is ready. These gentlemen,” added he, turning to the two friends, “will, I trust, do me the honor to breakfast with me?”. But, my dear count,” said Albert, “we shall abuse your kindness.”. Not at all; on the contrary, you will give me great pleasure. You will, one or other of you, perhaps both, return it to me at Paris. Bertuccio, lay covers for three.” He then took Franz’s tablets out of his hand. John Lateran, and Peppino, called Rocca Priori, convicted of complicity with the detestable bandit Luigi Vampa, and the men of his band.’ Hum! You are thus deprived of seeing a man guillotined; but the mazzuola still remains, which is a very curious punishment when seen for the first time, and even the second, while the other, as you must know, is very simple. Ah,” added the count, in a contemptuous tone, “do not tell me of European punishments, they are in the infancy, or rather the old age, of cruelty.” “Really, count,” replied Franz, “one would think that you had studied the different tortures of all the nations of the world.”. Guillotine.“There are, at least, few that I have not seen,” said the count coldly. In life, our greatest preoccupation is death; is it not then, curious to study the different ways by which the soul and body can part; and how, according to their different characters, temperaments, and even the different customs of their countries, different persons bear the transition from life to death, from existence to annihilation? As for myself, I can assure you of one thing,—the more men you see die, the easier it becomes to die yourself; and in my opinion, death may be a torture, but it is not an expiation.”. I do not quite understand you,” replied Franz; “pray explain your meaning, for you excite my curiosity to the highest pitch.”. Listen,” said the count, and deep hatred mounted to his face, as the blood would to the face of any other. But are there not a thousand tortures by which a man may be made to suffer without society taking the least cognizance of them, or offering him even the insufficient means of vengeance, of which we have just spoken? Are there not crimes for which the impalement of the Turks, the augers of the Persians, the stake and the brand of the Iroquois Indians, are inadequate tortures, and which are unpunished by society? Answer me, do not these crimes exist?”. Yes,” answered Franz; “and it is to punish them that duelling is tolerated.”. Ah, duelling,” cried the count; “a pleasant manner, upon my soul, of arriving at your end when that end is vengeance! A man has carried off your mistress, a man has seduced your wife, a man has dishonored your daughter; he has rendered the whole life of one who had the right to expect from heaven that portion of happiness God his promised to every one of his creatures, an existence of misery and infamy; and you think you are avenged because you send a ball through the head, or pass a sword through the breast, of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart. And remember, moreover, that it is often he who comes off victorious from the strife, absolved of all crime in the eyes of the world. No, no,” continued the count, “had I to avenge myself, it is not thus I would take revenge.”. Then you disapprove of duelling? You would not fight a duel?” asked Albert in his turn, astonished at this strange theory. Oh, I would fight for such a cause; but in return for a slow, profound, eternal torture, I would give back the same, were it possible; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, as the Orientalists say,—our masters in everything,—those favored creatures who have formed for themselves a life of dreams and a paradise of realities.”. But,” said Franz to the count, “with this theory, which renders you at once judge and executioner of your own cause, it would be difficult to adopt a course that would forever prevent your falling under the power of the law. Hatred is blind, rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.”. Yes, if he be poor and inexperienced, not if he be rich and skilful; besides, the worst that could happen to him would be the punishment of which we have already spoken, and which the philanthropic French Revolution has substituted for being torn to pieces by horses or broken on the wheel. What matters this punishment, as long as he is avenged? On my word, I almost regret that in all probability this miserable Peppino will not be beheaded, as you might have had an opportunity then of seeing how short a time the punishment lasts, and whether it is worth even mentioning; but, really this is a most singular conversation for the Carnival, gentlemen; how did it arise? Ah, I recollect, you asked for a place at my window; you shall have it; but let us first sit down to table, for here comes the servant to inform us that breakfast is ready.” As he spoke, a servant opened one of the four doors of the apartment, saying—”Al suo commodo!” The two young men arose and entered the breakfast–room. As for the count, he just touched the dishes; he seemed to fulfil the duties of a host by sitting down with his guests, and awaited their departure to be served with some strange or more delicate food. This brought back to Franz, in spite of himself, the recollection of the terror with which the count had inspired the Countess G——, and her firm conviction that the man in the opposite box was a vampire. At the end of the breakfast Franz took out his watch. I have more than once intended witnessing an execution, but I have never been able to make up my mind; and you, Albert?”. I,” replied the viscount,—”I saw Castaing executed, but I think I was rather intoxicated that day, for I had quitted college the same morning, and we had passed the previous night at a tavern.”. Besides, it is no reason because you have not seen an execution at Paris, that you should not see one anywhere else; when you travel, it is to see everything. Think what a figure you will make when you are asked, ! And, besides, they say that the culprit is an infamous scoundrel, who killed with a log of wood a worthy canon who had brought him up like his own son. Diable, when a churchman is killed, it should be with a different weapon than a log, especially when he has behaved like a father. If you went to Spain, would you not see the bull–fight? Well, suppose it is a bull–fight you are going to see? Recollect the ancient Romans of the Circus, and the sports where they killed three hundred lions and a hundred men. Think of the eighty thousand applauding spectators, the sage matrons who took their daughters, and the charming Vestals who made with the thumb of their white hands the fatal sign that said, . Is this possible, count?”. On foot, yes, in a carriage, no.”. I will go on foot, then.”. Is it important that you should go that way?”. Yes, there is something I wish to see.”. Well, we will go by the Corso. We will send the carriage to wait for us on the Piazza del Popolo, by the Strada del Babuino, for I shall be glad to pass, myself, through the Corso, to see if some orders I have given have been executed.”. Excellency,” said a servant, opening the door, “a man in the dress of a penitent wishes to speak to you.”. Ah, yes” returned the count, “I know who he is, gentlemen; will you return to the salon? I will be with you directly.” The young men rose and returned into the salon, while the count, again apologizing, left by another door. Albert, who was a great smoker, and who had considered it no small sacrifice to be deprived of the cigars of the Cafe de Paris, approached the table, and uttered a cry of joy at perceiving some veritable puros. The first opportunity you have, undeceive him, I beg, and tell him I am nothing of the kind.” Franz smiled; an instant after the count entered. Take some more of these cigars, M. When you come to Paris, I will return all this.”. I will not refuse; I intend going there soon, and since you allow me, I will pay you a visit. The Count of Monte Cristo E- Text . However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a- cockbill, the jib- boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot. The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, which he reached as she rounded into La Reserve basin. When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship's bulwarks. He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger. Off Civita Vecchia we lost our brave Captain Leclere. Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head. But poor Captain Leclere - - . The young sailor gave a look to see that his orders were promptly and accurately obeyed, and then turned again to the owner. After a long talk with the harbor- master, Captain Leclere left Naples greatly disturbed in mind. In twenty- four hours he was attacked by a fever, and died three days afterwards. We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty- six pound shot at his head and his heels, off El Giglio island. We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor. It was worth while, truly. If not, why, there would be no promotion; and since you assure me that the cargo - - . Morrel, take my word for it; and I advise you not to take 2. Danglars, coming out of his cabin, who will furnish you with every particular. As for me, I must look after the anchoring, and dress the ship in mourning. He seized a rope which Dantes flung to him, and with an activity that would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner. He was a man of twenty- five or twenty- six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantes was beloved by them. He was a brave and an honest man. Scarcely was the captain's breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting any one, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct. Morrel, and this day and a half was lost from pure whim, for the pleasure of going ashore, and nothing else. Dantes continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manoeuvre was completed, and then he added, . You hailed me, I think? I believe, if she had not been laden, and I had been her master, he would have bought her. But I told him I was only mate, and that she belonged to the firm of Morrel & Son. The Morrels have been shipowners from father to son; and there was a Morrel who served in the same regiment with me when I was in garrison at Valence.'. Dantes, you must tell my uncle that the emperor remembered him, and you will see it will bring tears into the old soldier's eyes. But, pardon me, here are the health officers and the customs inspectors coming alongside. As he departed, Danglars approached, and said, - -. It was Captain Leclere who gave orders for this delay.? Morrel, I beg of you. I may have been mistaken. I gave the custom- house officers a copy of our bill of lading; and as to the other papers, they sent a man off with the pilot, to whom I gave them. My first visit is due to my father, though I am not the less grateful for the honor you have done me. I always knew you were a good son. Morrel, for after this first visit has been paid I have another which I am most anxious to pay. Peste, Edmond, you have a very handsome mistress! You have managed my affairs so well that I ought to allow you all the time you require for your own. Do you want any money? I have a son too, and I should be very wroth with those who detained him from me after a three months' voyage. But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days. It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until three months after that; only be back again in three months, for the Pharaon. Is it really your intention to make me captain of the Pharaon? Rely on me to procure you the other; I will do my best. Morrel, I thank you in the name of my father and of Mercedes. There's a providence that watches over the deserving. Go to your father: go and see Mercedes, and afterwards come to me. Have you been satisfied with him this voyage? Do you mean is he a good comrade? No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarrel we had, to propose to him to stop for ten minutes at the island of Monte Cristo to settle the dispute - - a proposition which I was wrong to suggest, and he quite right to refuse. If you mean as responsible agent when you ask me the question, I believe there is nothing to say against him, and that you will be content with the way in which he has performed his duty. Morrel, I shall always have the greatest respect for those who possess the owners' confidence.! I see you are a thoroughly good fellow, and will detain you no longer. Go, for I see how impatient you are. Morrel, farewell, and a thousand thanks! The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d'Orleans. The shipowner, smiling, followed him with his eyes until he saw him spring out on the quay and disappear in the midst of the throng, which from five o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at night, swarms in the famous street of La Canebiere, - - a street of which the modern Phocaeans are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said.
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