“你忏悔了吗”一个庄严低沉的声音问道。腾格拉尔听了吓得头发根都直竖起来。他睁大衰弱的眼睛竭力想看清眼前的东西，在那强盗的后面，他看见一个人裹着披风站在石柱的影－陰－里。
“我忏悔什么呢”腾格拉尔结结巴巴地说。
“忏悔你所做过的坏事。”那个声音说。
“噢，是的我忏悔了我忏悔了”腾格拉尔说，他用他那瘦削的拳头捶着他的胸膛。
“那么我宽恕你。”那人说着就摔下他的披风，走到亮光里。
“基督山伯爵”腾格拉尔说，饥饿和痛苦使他的脸色苍白，恐惧更使他面如土色了。
“你弄错了，我不是基督山伯爵”
“那末你是谁呢”
“我就是那个被你诬陷、出卖和污蔑的人。我的未婚妻被你害得过着屈辱的生活。我横遭你的践踏，被你作为升官发财的垫脚石，我的父亲被你害得活活饿死，我本来也想让你死于饥饿。可是我宽恕了你，因为我也需要宽恕。我就是爱德蒙唐太斯。”
腾格拉尔大叫一声，摔倒在地上缩成一团。
“起来吧，”伯爵说，“你的生命是安全的。你的那两个同伴可没有你这样幸运，一个疯了，一个死了。留着剩下的那五万法郎吧，我送给你了。你从医院里骗来的那五百万，已经送回给他们了。现在你可以好好地吃一顿。今天晚上你是我的客人。万帕，这个人吃饱以后，就把他放了。””vaente, vaente” he ntay ejacuted but his ips uttered no sound, and as though a his strength ere tredthat terion, he sighed and sed his eyes vaente rhed toards hi his ips aga oved”he is u,” said the unt ”he to ho you have nfided your destyhe fro ho death oud have separated you,hi happiy, i vanquished death henu i never aga be separated oh, s death to fd you ithout , you oud both have died ay god aept y atothe preservation of these o existences”
vaente seized the unt039s hand, andher irresistibe ipuse of joyher ips”oh, thankaga” said the unt ”teti you are eary, that i have restored you to happess you do not kno ho uch i require this assuranh, yes, yes, i thank you ith a y heart,” said vaente ”and if you doubt the sf y gratitude, oh, then, ask haideaved sister haidea ever s fran ait patienty for this happy day, hie takg toof you””you then ove haideante n heva endeavored to dissiute”oh, yes, ith a y sou””e, then, isten, vaente,” said the unt ”i have a favor to ask of you””ofoh, a i happy enough for that””yes you have caed haideaur sister,et her bee so deed, vaente render her a the gratitude you fanproteunt039s voitioh she i be aohe ord””aohe ord” repeated a voiunt, ”and hy”
onte und haideacutee as standg pae, otioness, ookg at the unt ith an expression of fearfu aa, haideau i be free you i then assu your proper positionsot ao y desty to overshado yours daughter of a pru the riur father”
haideacutee beca pae, and iftg her transparent hands to heaven, exice stifed ith tears, ”then you eave , y ord””haideacutee, haideaung aifu fet even y na, and be happy””it is e,” said haidearder sha be exerd i i fet even your na, and be happy” and she stepped bah, heavens,” ex as supp the head of orre on her shouder, ”do you not see ho pae she is do you not see ho she suffers”
haideacutee ah a heartrendg expression, ”hy shoud he uand this, y sister he is y aster, and i a his sve he has the right to notithg”
the unt shuddered at the tones of a voice hist ref his heart his eyes t those of the young gir and he ud not bear their
iianh, heavens,” ex, ”ns be rreud it pease you not to eave ””i a young,” genty repied haideave the ife you have ade so seet to , and i shoud be sorry to die””you an, then, that if i eave you, haideaud die yes, y ord””do you then ove ””oh, vaente, he asks if i ove hi vaee hi if you ove axiiian” the u his heart dite and throb he opened his ars, and haideacutee, utterg athe ”oh, yes,” she u i ove you as one oves a father,
other, hband i ove you as y ife, for you are the best, theof created begs””et it be, then, as you ish, seet ange god has staed y strugge ith y eneies, and has giventhis reard he i end y triuphsufferg i ished to punish ysef, but he has pardonedovethen, haideas perhaps your ove i akefet a that i do not ish to reber””hat do you an, y ord””i an that one ord fro you has enightenedore thay years of so experienuthe ord, haideau i aga take hod ohrough you i sha suffer, through you rejoiu hear hi, vaente” excid haideacutee ”he says that throughhe i sufferthrough , ho oud yied y ife for his” the unt ithdre for a ont ”have i disvered the truth” he said ”but hether it be for repense or punishnt, i aept y fate e, haidea” and throg his ar around the young gir039s aist, he pressed the hand of vaente, and disappeared
an hour had neary passed, durg hich vaente,
eathess and otioness, atver orre at ength she fet his heart beat, a fat
eath pyed upon his ips, a sight shudder, announf ife, passed through the young an039s fra at ength his eyes opened, but they ere at first fixed and expressiohen sight returned, and ith it feeg and grief ”oh,” he f despair, ”the unt has deceivedi a yet ivg ”aendg his hand toards the tabe, he seized a knife”dearest,” excid vaeh her adorabe sie, ”aake, and ook at ” orre uttered a oud exn, and frantiubtfu, dazzed, as though by a n, he fe upon his knees
the at day
eak, vaente and orre ere akg arar on the seashore, vaeg ho ontehad appearedher roo, exped everythg, reveaed the cri, and, fay, ho he had saved her ife by enabg her to siute death they had found the door of the grotto opened, and gone forth on the azure do of heaven sti gittered a fe reag stars orre soon perceived a an standg aong the rocks, apparenty aaitg a sign fro the to advanut to vaente ”ah, it is japo,” she said, ”the f the yaned hi toards the”do you ish to speak to ” asked orre”i have a etter to give you fro the unt””fro the unt” urured the o young peope”yes read it” orre opehe etter, and read:”y dear axiiian,”there is a fea for you at an i rn, here onsieur noirtier aaits his granddaughter, ho he ishes to bess before you ead her to the atar a that isthis grotto, y friend, y hoethe chaps eyseacutees, and y chateau at treart, are the arriage gifts bestoed by edond dantegraves upon the son of his od aster, orre adeoisee de viefort i share the ith you for i e her to give to the poor the inse fortug to her fro her father, no a adan, and her
other ho died st septeber ith his other te the aur future desty, orre, to pray sotis for a an, ho ike satan thought hisef for an stant equa to god, but edges ith christian huiity that god aone possesses supre poer and fite isdo perhaps those prayers ay soften the reorse he feeshis heart as for you, orre, this is the seards you there is her happess nor iserythe ord there is ony the parison of oate ith another, nothg ore he ho has fet the deepest grief is best abe to experience supre happess e t have fet hat it is to die, orre, that e ay appref ivg”ive, then, and be happy, beoved f y heart, and never fet that unti the day hen god sha deign to revea the future to an, a huan isdo is sud upthese o ords,039ait and hope039 your friend,”edond dantegraves, unt of onte ”
durg the pera of this etter, hird vaente for the first ti of the adness of her father and the death of her
other, she beca pae, a heavy sigh es, and tears, not the ess pafu becae they ere sient, ran don her cheeks her happess st her very dear orre ooked around uneasiy ”but,” he said, ”the unt039s generosity is toovaente i be satisfied ith y hube fortune here is the unt, friend eadto hi” japo poted toards the horihat do you an” asked vaente ”here is the unthere is haideak” said japo
the eyes of both ere fixed upon the spot dir, and on the be e separatg the sky fro the diterraneahey perceived a rge hite sai ”gone,” said oneadieu, y friendadieu, y father””gone,” urured vaente ”adieu, y seet haideacuteeadieu, y sister””hosay hether e sha ever see the aga” said orre ith tearfu eyes”darg,” repied vaente, ”has not the unt jt todthat a huan isdo is sud upo ords039ait and hope039”
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