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With all his strength, he threw himself against the iron railing; it gave way, and with a cry Spero rushed upon Monsieur de Larsagny. In a second the banker lay on the floor. Throwing his arms about Jane, Spero cried: "Jane, my darling, do you not know me? I am Monte-Cristo."
Carmen had been distinguished in this way, and Larsagny, who felt flattered by it, tried to make the pasha comprehend that she was his daughter. "Ah, pretty, pretty," repeated the Mussulman, and the banker, his face lighted up with joy, said: "May I introduce her?" Mohammed nodded. Carmen bowed politely when the introduction was made, and said nothing.
"Carmen, be silent," said the banker, sternly; "you'll spoil my appetite if you talk so." "I should think your appetite would be stilled by this time. What you have already eaten would have fed an army." Larsagny did not answer.
"Monte-Cristo!" cried Larsagny, in terror, and with a gasp he fell back dead a stroke of apoplexy had put an end to his life. Spero did not know that he was the living picture of his father. Edmond Dantes had just looked like that when he was arrested at Marseilles through the intrigues of Danglars, Fernand and Villefort, and Danglars-Larsagny had thought it was Monte-Cristo who stood before him.
Since that time I have always feared that I would never have sufficient to eat; and now you know the cause of my ravenous appetite." "Yet I cannot understand why they should have wanted to torture you so. It must have been an act of revenge," said Carmen. "You are mistaken," replied Larsagny, "I fear no one and every one esteems me; I "
With genuine Oriental grandeur the pasha slowly walked toward the host. Larsagny bowed deeply; the Bedouin answered the greeting by placing his right hand over his heart. That ended the conversation for the present, for Mohammed made a sign that he did not understand a word of French. Only when he saw a remarkably handsome woman he would say: "Pretty woman."
One of the voices said: 'Monsieur de Larsagny, take care that you do not know my name too soon. The next day I asked Monsieur de Larsagny about it, but he gave me evasive replies. Just then the visit of Signor Fagiano was announced and our conversation ended. That day I learned nothing; but two days later, when Signor Fagiano came again, I hid behind the drapery and listened.
About two hours ago my pasha fell down the stairs of his hotel and broke his right leg. The doctor says that it will take six weeks for the leg to be cured. As he was invited to a ball at the Larsagny palace to-night " "Does he know the banker?" interrupted Coucou. "No Mohammed Ben Omar is in Paris for the first time.
A quarter of an hour later the banker appeared in the boudoir. He ate so greedily that Carmen impatiently exclaimed: "Are you not yet satisfied?" "Really, I have a good appetite this morning," nodded Larsagny. "Do you know how your phenomenal appetite appears to me?" asked Carmen, laughing. "No. What do you mean?"
If Carmen had not hoped to serve Gontram and his friends she would have left the Larsagny palace at once, but under existing circumstances prudence prompted her to stay and not to repulse the banker entirely; for she suspected that Larsagny held in his hand the threads of the mystery which threatened the Vicomte of Monte-Cristo.
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