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I committed an indiscretion." "Of what nature?" "I embraced Mademoiselle de Larsagny and kissed her." "Ah! and the young girl?" "Did not repulse me. Now shall I marry or not?" "What does your heart tell you?" "My heart is like Pantagruel. It knows no decided answer." "Good. If you follow my advice, marry the girl. A kiss between two good young people is as binding as an engagement."
"If I have occasion to go there will I be admitted?" "Yes." At this moment a servant rushed into the parlor and exclaimed: "Mademoiselle, Monsieur de Larsagny has suddenly become ill." "I shall come soon," said Carmen, coldly, and nodding to Coucou, she went away. In the banker's room great confusion reigned. The master of the house lay motionless, with closed eyes, on a divan.
When the Vicomte of Monte-Cristo was announced at your soiree the other evening, Monsieur de Larsagny became pale as death, his eyes stared at the young man as if he had been a spectre, and, under pretence of seeking a cooler spot, he hurriedly left the room." "Yes, I remember," said Gontram. "As you know, shortly afterward we went out on the balcony and heard two voices quarrelling.
"One moment," interrupted Carmen, as she looked fixedly at the banker. "Why did you get frightened at the soiree recently, when the servant announced the Vicomte of Monte-Cristo? I thought you feared no one, baron?" Larsagny stared at the young girl as if she had been a spectre. Carmen continued: "I have not finished yet.
In the meantime the two friends reached the Arc de Triomphe and walked up and down the woods. "Perhaps you are right," said Gontram, answering the vicomte's last question. "I know very little of Monsieur de Larsagny, and yet I could swear that there are some dark spots in his past." At this moment a shot sounded in the still night, and the friends stood still and looked at each other in surprise.
"Or I shall find out myself, and should I discover that you have committed some unpunished crime, I shall denounce you, even though you take revenge upon me for it." Larsagny had sprung up, and looking at Carmen in amazement, he stammered: "You would dare to do that?" "Yes. And if you look at yourself in the glass, you will see that my wildest declarations are far behind the reality.
Can you, for instance, reproach me for the hunger which bothers me continually?" "No, only I should like to learn the cause." "The cause?" repeated Larsagny. "Yes." "Then listen. I will tell you everything, even though you should laugh at me. Years ago I was travelling in Italy, and as I had a large sum of money in my pocket, I was attacked by robbers.
At this moment a soldier entered the restaurant and, approaching the waiter, asked: "Can you not tell me, good friend, where Monsieur de Larsagny lives?" "About a hundred feet away in that brilliantly illuminated house you cannot miss it." "Thanks," said the soldier. As he was about to turn away, a well-known voice cried to him: "Well, Galoret, what do the dear Bedouins do now?"
"Mademoiselle de Larsagny," said Gontram, laughing now, "I hope that you and the other ladies here will succeed in converting the hermit." Carmen was dissatisfied with the vicomte's indifference, and, bowing coldly, she went away, drawing the painter with her. "Well, how does my eccentric please you?" asked Gontram. "H'm, he is very handsome; whether he is intellectual, I cannot tell.
"I am very grateful to you," replied the painter warmly, and turning to Carmen he said: "Mademoiselle de Larsagny, permit me to introduce the Vicomte of Monte-Cristo to you." Spero bowed deeply. The young lady gazed steadily at the handsome cavalier, and admiration shone in her eyes. "I really have not had the pleasure of seeing the vicomte. I should not have forgotten him."
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