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Updated: May 16, 2025
The boat glided through the blue waves of the ocean; Manuelita's dark curls played with the wind, and Parlo was intoxicated with joy as he looked at her. Jacopo sat at the rudder and looked inquiringly at a small dark cloud which appeared on the horizon some distance off and quickly neared them.
"Jacopo," said the count, sorrowfully, "do not speak like that. Of what value is money to me? I can give you still more, but to what purpose? You have enough to be happy; you have had a dream of domestic happiness, try to realize it! Your desires are moderate; you intend to work and be useful from morning to night, and as the only reward for your labor you require Manuelita's love.
Manuelita's countenance began to beam, and Jacopo suffered the pains of torment when he perceived it, but took heart and said coolly: "I shall in the meantime go to the shore to see whether the nets are all in proper condition." He went, and when he returned after a while, and accidentally threw a glance at the window, he found Parlo in Manuelita's arms.
Jacopo, am I to tell you the name of the little one?" "Manuelita" it sounded gently like a breath from the lips of Jacopo. "You have liked this beautiful child since you first saw her, and one day you took heart and you went to Manuelita's father " "Who turned me out like a beggar," interrupted Jacopo, gloomily. "That he did not do," continued the count, coolly.
From this time, when Jacopo realized Manuelita's faithlessness he resolved to destroy her and her lover, and that the boat which bore the name of the faithless wife should become the instrument to carry out his revenge! One morning Jacopo said to Manuelita: "The weather is delightful; I think I shall take a fishing cruise. Will you accompany me?"
"Swear to me that, at any day or any hour I should call on you in Manuelita's name to assist me, you will follow my orders!" Jacopo lifted his right hand on high. "Master, I swear it to you," said he, solemnly. "I trust to your oath; go and be happy." Overcome with joy, Jacopo hastened to Marseilles, soon reached the Catalonian quarter, and greeted Manuelita with a bright smile.
"He told you quietly, Manuelita will not become a poor man's wife." "And perhaps that was no insult?" continued Jacopo, vehemently. "All people cannot be rich." "But Manuelita's father has also told you something else?" asked Monte-Cristo, quietly. "Oh, yes," replied Jacopo, bitterly; "he called after me that if I came back with twenty thousand francs, then Manuelita should be mine.
"You have to look for Manuelita's father, show him the money, and remind him of his pledge." Pale, not able to utter a word, Jacopo stared at the count; Monte-Cristo waited a moment, and then said, smilingly: "Have you now understood me?" "No, master I do not comprehend " "Nay, one might almost believe that you have not a grain of sense. The amount is your property you have deserved it honestly."
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