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www.192.twythesidegateandonreagtheboisdeboulogued,apparently
selfoppositehis
houseinthechaselysees.allary,feeblelight
the
house,asbaptistinhadsaid.ntecristoleanedagainstatree,and
hthatscrutinizingglanceheived,lookedup
anddoihepassersby,andcarefullylookeddown
theneighbstreets,toseethates
passedthus,andhe.he
hastehesidedoorhali,enteredhurriedly,andbythe
servantsstaircase,ofhout
openingordisarrangingasiain,houteveer
havingtheslightestsuspithatthehouse,pty,
ntaischiefoct.
arrivedinhisbedrootheunttiooalitostop;thenhe
passedintothedressingrooined.everythingappeared
asusualtheprecioussecretaryinitspladthekeyinthe
se
door,revedthedoublestapleofthebolt,andeanwhileali
hadprocuredtheartheuntrequirednaly,ashortcarbineand
apairofdoublebarrelledpistols,ghtbe
takeheuhe
livesoffiveninhishands.ithalfpastheunt
andaliateinhasteacrustofbreadanddrankaglassofspanishwine;
thennteovablepanels,henabled
hioseeintotheadjoiningroohehadhinhisreachhispistols
andallarabian
hatchets,hasnotvariedsihecrusades.throughoneof
the,onaline,
theuntuldseeintothestreet.
thus.itenselydark;stillali,thankstohis
ent,
ulddistinguishinthedarkheslightestventofthetrees.
thelittlelightinthelodgehadloinct.itghtbe
expectedthattheattack,ifindeedanattacked,wouldbe
defrohestairawindow;in
nteo
theyustreachitbythe
backstaircase,orbythe.theclockof
theinvalidesstruckaquartertothes
istenedguststhedolefulvibrationofthethreestrokes.
asthelaststrokediedaheuntthoughtheheardaslightnoise
inthedressingroothisfirstsound,orratherthisfirstgrinding,
henathird;atthefourth,theuntknew
andisedhandting
thefoursidesofapaneofglassond.theuhis
heartbeatrerapidly.inuredasodanger,forewaedas
theyybeofperil,theyuand,bytheflutteringoftheheart
andtheshudderingofthefra,theenorusdiffere
ay,betonte
adeasigntoappriseali,andingthatdanger
theotherside,dreaster.nte
ies.
thehenoiseproceededetheopeningbyh
theuntuldseeintothedressingroohefixedhiseyesonthat
inguishedashadohedarkhehepanes
becaquiteopaque,asifasheetofpaperutheoutside,
thenthesquarecrackedwas
passedtofiening,theheuedonits
hinges,aered.hewasalone.
”thatsadaringrascal,”heunt.
atthatntalitouchedhilightlyontheshoulder.hetued;ali
poiheinheyhestreet.
”isee”saidhe,”therearet;ohehe
otherstandsguard.”hedeasigntoalinottolosesightofthen
ireet,aheohedressingroo
theglasscutterhadentered,ands
stret.atlastheappearedtohavedehielf
faliar
both.
ontecristoexpectedthathewas
ingin,andraisedoneofhispistols;buthesilyheardthesound
oftheboltsslidingintheirpperrings.ition.
thenooved
thestaples,ghtho,andpursuehispurpose
anthen
drehispocketsothiuldnotdisce,placed
itonastand,thenstraighttothesecretary,feltthelod
ntrarytohisexpectationfoundthatthekeyissing.butthe
glasscutteranergehe
untsooherattlingofabunchofskeletonkeys,suchasthe
locksthbringsoforcealodhievescall
nightingales,doubtlessfrohesiftheiightlysonghey
grindagainstthebolt.”ah,ha,”ileof
disappointnt,”heisonlyathief.”
buttheninthedarkuldnotfindtherightkey.hereachedthe
instrunthehadpladiately
apalelight,justbrightenoughtorenderobjectsdistinct,was
refleednte
cristo,startingback,”itis”
aliraisedhishatchet.”dontstir,”ontecristo,”andput
doewords
inaloationthe
unt,faintasithadbeen,hadstartledthehe
poseoftheoldknifegriheunthadjustgiven,
foriediatelyalinoiselessly,aued,bearingablack
dressandathreeeredhat.anontecristohadrapidlytaken
offhisgreatat,ightdistinguishby
theglieringthroughtheopehathetunif
steelil,ofhelastinfrance,wheredaggersarenolonger
dreaded,hedaggerathis
breast,andhahatchet.thetuni
disappearedundera
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