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Chapter 2 Father and Son

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after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, h

a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trelli

d round; then, seeing his son, he fe

ther? Are you ill?" inquired

d not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing y

ts, and so I came to you without any warning. Come now, do smile, instead of l

an; "but how shall we be happy? Shall you never leave me agai

and I really cannot pretend to lament it. The good Captain Leclere is dead, father, and it is probable that, with the aid of M. Morrel, I shall have his place. Do you under

replied the old man,

small house, with a garden in which to plant clematis, nasturtiu

away"-and as he said so the old man's st

"a glass of wine, father, will revi

ot look for it; I do not wa

where it is, " and he ope

aid the old man, "

ternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empt

that I have you, "

ation from his brow, -"yet I gave you two hu

neighbor, Caderousse. He reminded me of it, telling me if I did not pay for you,

el

I paid

was a hundred and forty

ammered th

t of the two hundred

d man

or three months on sixty

tle I require, "

d Edmond, falling on his

re you

ounded me t

e, " said the old man; "and now it's a

0

e this-take it, and send for something immediately." And he emptied his pockets on the table, the contents consisting

is belong to?

buy some provisions; be happy, a

r purse moderately, for they would say, if they saw me buy too many things at a time

ou left alone so long. I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a sm

r arrival, and no doubt comes to congr

ther, " murmured Edmond. "But, never mind, he is a neigh

t the door. He was a man of twenty-five or six, and held a piece of c

he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and

eeable to you in any and every way, " replied Dantès, but

ere are others who have need of me." Dantès made a gesture. "I do not allude to you, my boy.

us, " was Dantès' reply; "for when we do n

ur happy return, my boy. I had gone on the quay to match a piece of mulberr

at Smyrna.'-'I was; b

he dear boy, our

And so I came, " added Caderousse, "as fast as I could

0

id the old man, "he is

But it seems you have come back rich, my boy, " continued the tailor, looking

I was expressing to my father my fears that he had wanted many things in my absence, and to convince me he emptied his purse on the table. Co

ited to my means. Keep your money-keep it, I say;-one never has too much;-but, at the

with good will

, you stand well with M. Morrel I

een exceedingly kind to

rong to refuse t

with him?" said old Dantès; "a

smiling at his father's astonishment a

efuse, my son?" in

n, my dear father, " replied the youn

, " said Caderousse. "And when you are looking forw

of my refusal, " replied Dantès, "

one must do a little fla

tain without that

r pleasure to all your old friends; and I know one down there be

" said the

een you, and know you are well and have all you require, I w

; "and Heaven bless you in your wif

fast you go on, father Dantès; she is

l probability she soon w

"but you were right to return

d w

, and fine girls never lack followers

ith a smile which had in it

0

ital offers, too; but you know, you will b

a smile which but ill-concealed his tr

Caderousse, sh

u of women in general, and of Mercédès in particular; and I am c

be married, there is nothing like implicit confidence; but never mind that, my bo

y; and, embracing his father, and noddin

of old Dantès, he went downstairs to rejoin Dangla

Danglars, "did

ft him, " answe

to his hope of

t as a thing a

, "he is in too much hu

Morrel has promi

is quite ela

y offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage,

you r

ho put into his hands the first silver he ever earned; but now M. Dantès

anglars, "he i

" answered Caderousse; "for if he should b

"he will remain what he is; and p

do you

myself. And is he still i

ss I am much mistaken, there w

0

in you

shoul

han you think, perhaps.

like up

ll you know abo

ce me to believe, as I told you, that the future captain will f

ou seen?-com

been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a

hink this cousin p

a strapping chap of twenty-one mea

Dantès has gone

before I

t La Réserve, and we can drink a glass

d Caderousse; "but

quickly to the designated place, they call

Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the br

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Contents

Chapter 1 Marseilles-The Arrival Chapter 2 Father and Son Chapter 3 The Catalans Chapter 4 Conspiracy Chapter 5 The Marriage Feast Chapter 6 The Deputy Procureur du Roi Chapter 7 The Examination Chapter 8 The Chateau d'If Chapter 9 The Evening of the Betrothal Chapter 10 The King's Closet at the Tuileries Chapter 11 The Corsican Ogre
Chapter 12 Father and Son
Chapter 13 The Hundred Days
Chapter 14 The Two Prisoners
Chapter 15 Number 34 and Number 27
Chapter 16 A Learned Italian
Chapter 17 The Abbé's Chamber
Chapter 18 The Treasure
Chapter 19 The Third Attack
Chapter 20 The Cemetery of the Chateau d'If
Chapter 21 The Island of Tiboulen
Chapter 22 The Smugglers
Chapter 23 The Island of Monte Cristo
Chapter 24 The Secret Cave
Chapter 25 The Unknown
Chapter 26 The Pont du Gard Inn
Chapter 27 The Story
Chapter 28 The Prison Register
Chapter 29 The House of Morrel & Son
Chapter 30 The Fifth of September
Chapter 31 Italy Sinbad the Sailor
Chapter 32 The Waking
Chapter 33 Roman Bandits
Chapter 34 The Colosseum
Chapter 35 La Mazzolata
Chapter 36 The Carnival at Rome
Chapter 37 The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
Chapter 38 The Rendezvous
Chapter 39 The Guests
Chapter 40 The Breakfast
Chapter 41 The Presentation
Chapter 42 Monsieur Bertuccio
Chapter 43 The House at Auteuil
Chapter 44 The Vendetta
Chapter 45 The Rain of Blood
Chapter 46 Unlimited Credit
Chapter 47 The Dappled Grays
Chapter 48 Ideology
Chapter 49 Haydée
Chapter 50 The Morrel Family
Chapter 51 Pyramus and Thisbe
Chapter 52 Toxicology
Chapter 53 Robert le Diable
Chapter 54 A Flurry in Stocks
Chapter 55 Major Cavalcanti
Chapter 56 Andrea Cavalcanti
Chapter 57 In the Lucern Patch
Chapter 58 M. Noirtier de Villefort
Chapter 59 The Will
Chapter 60 The Telegraph
Chapter 61 How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches
Chapter 62 Ghosts
Chapter 63 The Dinner
Chapter 64 The Beggar
Chapter 65 A Conjugal Scene
Chapter 66 Matrimonial Projects
Chapter 67 The Office of the King's Attorney
Chapter 68 A Summer Ball
Chapter 69 The Inquiry
Chapter 70 The Ball
Chapter 71 Bread and Salt
Chapter 72 Madame de Saint-Méran
Chapter 73 The Promise
Chapter 74 The Villefort Family Vault
Chapter 75 A Signed Statement
Chapter 76 Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger
Chapter 77 Haydée
Chapter 78 We hear From Yanina
Chapter 79 The Lemonade
Chapter 80 The Accusation
Chapter 81 The Room of the Retired Baker
Chapter 82 The Burglary
Chapter 83 The Hand of God
Chapter 84 Beauchamp
Chapter 85 The Journey
Chapter 86 The Trial
Chapter 87 The Challenge
Chapter 88 The Insult
Chapter 89 The Night
Chapter 90 The Meeting
Chapter 91 Mother and Son
Chapter 92 The Suicide
Chapter 93 Valentine
Chapter 94 Maximilian's Avowal
Chapter 95 Father and Daughter
Chapter 96 The Contract
Chapter 97 The Departure for Belgium
Chapter 98 The Bell and Bottle Tavern
Chapter 99 The Law
Chapter 100 The Apparition
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