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The door opened and the maid entered. "Here is a card which the gentleman wished me to hand you at once, sir." Carmen took the card and read the name. "Signor Fagiano!" she read aloud. "Ah! he has come to tell you his right name, I fancy!" Laisangy took the card from Carmen's hand and dashed from the room. Carmen said, half aloud: "Goutran is the friend of the Vicomte de Monte-Cristo.
There are some things, bad as I am, which I will not stand, and I will make it the business of my life to discover what crimes you have committed, and I will denounce you!" Laisangy started to his feet. "Look at yourself in the mirror," cried Carmen, "and tell me if you do not look like a murderer!" Laisangy bit his lips so fiercely that the blood started.
He did not speak one word of French, and yet, when Carmen passed, he said "Beautiful!" with a guttural intonation. "My daughter, sir!" answered the banker, with pride. "Beautiful! beautiful!" repeated the Mohammedan. Laisangy signed to Omar to accompany him to the group where Carmen was talking. There he went through the ceremony of introduction.
Laisangy opened his lips to speak. "And you are right, perhaps. Napoleon, who knew the world, said, 'It is always best to wash your dirty linen at home! and we have you and I a tremendous wash on hand!" Laisangy did not move; his eyes were fixed on the face of this man, to whom he could not give a name. He finally managed to say: "I am not fond of mysteries. Who are you?"
For some time I have hated and loathed Laisangy. I felt that he was a greater criminal towards others than myself, and as my conscience began to stir, I felt my suspicions daily increase. "I remember," said Goutran. "Then, when we were on the terrace " Carmen hesitated. There were memories connected with that terrace which she did not care to approach. Goutran said, kindly: "Go on, dear child."
You fell, but you are of the kind that bounds, and to-day you are once more upon a pinnacle. You vegetated for years, until the moment came when you could once more seize fortune in your grasp. You are no longer Danglars the bankrupt and thief you are Laisangy, respected and trusted. Know then that I have it in my power to throw you back into the mire from which you have struggled.
At this precise moment a clear voice came from the garden below, and this voice said: "Do not be too anxious to learn my name, Monsieur de Laisangy." The two young people separated hastily. Carmen ran to the balustrade and looked over, but she could see nothing, and heard now only two angry voices disputing. Carmen went to the window, and opening it, said coldly: "We will go in, if you please!"
Seeing this, her anxiety, if she felt any, was dissipated, and she began to talk to Goutran. At this moment the footman announced two names: "Mademoiselle Jane Zeld!" "The Vicomte de Monte-Cristo!" "You see, I did have two surprises for you," said Goutran. But suddenly he exclaimed, "My dear Monsieur de Laisangy, you are ill, I fear "
"I have no enemies!" "Yes, and Monsieur de Laisangy is one of them." "That scoundrel!" "Yes, and he is worse than I supposed, and the other foe is but did you notice an Italian here, the secretary of the Italian Count?" "Yes his name was Fagiano." "He calls himself Fagiano, but that is not his real name." "Who is he, then?" "I cannot say. But listen.
I shall pretend indisposition, which may be attributed to the heat, and while I am supposed to be recovering in my own room, I can go out and attend to my affairs." "You may be obliged to go out, then?" "Certainly; did you not understand?" "Why do you not tell me that you wish to go to the Bourse?" Laisangy was annoyed.
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