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Haydee had intrusted the child to him, and he had to bring it back to her in safety. Suddenly he was aroused by the roar of a lion. The count seized a gun, flung his arm about Spero, whom he would not have left alone for the world, and hurried out. The Arabs, stricken with terror, had fled in all directions. "Let no one stir!" shouted the count above the din.
"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."
"But even if our earth is a shipwrecked planet," I exclaimed, "there is at least some means of escaping from it. You and Iclea, for instance " "Yes, there is a way of escape," said Spero, "the Uranian way. By soaring aloft into the serene region of spiritual ideas, a terrestrial soul can still free itself from its animality.
But I have put her features on canvas as they are engraved in my memory, and you can understand now why I do not wish to sell the picture." "Monsieur Sabran," said Spero when the painter had finished, "your little romance is interesting, and I am now ready to pay fifty thousand francs for the picture." Gontram looked pityingly at the vicomte and dryly replied: "I stick to my refusal."
The vicomte strained his eyes to see what was going on in the hall, and not seeing anything, waited in the agony of fear for what was coming. In about ten minutes it became light again in the hall, and now the young man saw Jane again, but this time she was alone. Spero breathed more freely, and, beside himself, he called: "Jane! Jane! come to me!"
He had attracted the vicomte's attention through a picture he had exhibited, and as Spero admired painting, he paid a visit to the creator of the wonderfully natural painting. The picture represented a young gypsy who was playing the violin. The vicomte sent his father's steward to the artist with an order to buy the canvas at any price.
"No one, master; I called you directly." "Good, Jacopo. Speak to no one about this matter." "But, master; if we have a thief on board " Monte-Cristo frowned; he did not brook the least opposition. "Go now, Jacopo, and keep quiet." When Jacopo had gone, Monte-Cristo called Spero, and bade him examine the lock to see if he could discover anything. Spero obeyed, but found nothing.
"The son of the Count of Monte-Cristo is under the protection of all of us, and if he should ever call us to his assistance, whether by day or night, we shall obey the call!" A Letter of the Count of Monte-Cristo to his son, Vicomte Spero
These words, although spoken in a respectful tone, displeased Spero, yet he kept silent and the guests departed. "Stay a minute longer," begged Gontram, "I will take a walk with you, if it is agreeable; I am too much excited yet to go to bed." "That is my position, too," replied the vicomte.
She noticed that her husband's eye, remarkably sorrowful, turned from her and Spero, and bending her little head she whispered: "Forgive me. I know that I dare not leave Spero." Monte-Cristo trembled. The most difficult was to come yet. "Haydee," he then said, softly, "you cannot accompany me. I shall explain to you immediately why it cannot be. Not because you dare not leave Spero "
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