Then let’s go. We can’t stay here any longer.
All right, let’s go. Danglars is glad to find a companion to leave with. We don’t care about it. Others can leave or not.
After they left, Fernand became the protector of Mercé dè s and took her back to Catalan village, while some friends of Dantè s escorted the heartbroken old man home.
The new that Edmond was arrested for bee accused of being a Napoleonic spy soon reached that city.
Can you believe this, my dear M. Danglars Morrel ask him, "Do you think it is possible that Caderousse, his escort, was driven away on his way back to that city to inquire about new information about Dantè s?"
Oh, you know, I have already told you that Danglars replied that I think it is very suspicious that he stopped at Elba.
Have you ever been suspicious of anyone but me?
Of course not, replied Danglars, and then whispered in a low voice. You know that your uncle, Mr. Polika Morrel, was an official in the former dynasty and was not very secretive about this matter. Maybe you will be very suspicious. People will say that you are also dissatisfied with Napoleon’s downfall holiday. I told others about my doubts, so I didn’t hurt Edmond. I know very well that people like me should inform the shipowner first and be careful not to let others know what happened.
Very good, Danglars. Very good, M. Morrel said. You are a good boy. I planned to arrange you when I arranged poor Edmond to be captain of the Pharaoh.
What did you say, sir?
I asked Dantè s beforehand what he thought of you and what he thought of your continued service on the ship, because I have seen that you are rather cold.
What’s his answer?
He said that he did offend you for something, but he couldn’t remember what it was. He said that no matter who asked the owner to believe him, he should respect him.
The pseudo-monarch Danglars scolded 1 in a low voice.
Poor Dantè s Caderousse said that no one could deny that he was a good young man with a noble heart.
But as far as the present situation is concerned, Mr. Morrel continued, let’s not forget that the Pharaoh is now out of the captain’s control
Oh, Danglars replied that we will not leave this port for three months, and I hope Dantè s will be released by then.
I have no doubt that this is the issue. What shall we do?
Oh, here I am, M. Morrel, replied Danglars. As you know, I am no less in charge of the ship than the most experienced one. You are willing to let me serve you, which is also very beneficial to you, because once Dantè s is released and returned, there is no need to change the personnel of the Pharaoh. Dantè s and I will do our own work.
Thank you, my good friend. Thank you for this good idea. This will solve all the problems. I will immediately put you in charge of the Pharaon and supervise the unloading. No matter what your career is, it will not be affected.
Don’t worry, m. morrel, but when do you think we will visit poor Edmond?
I will let you know as soon as I meet M. Villefort that I will try my best to ask Edmond to intercede with him. I know he is a fierce royalist, but apart from this, he is also a person and I don’t think he is a bad person
Maybe not a bad guy, replied Danglars, but I heard that he is ambitious and ambitious, and he is the best at hardening people’s hearts
Well, that’s it, too. Mr. Morrel said, let’s take it one step at a time. Now hurry to the boat. I’ll come to you later. As the respectable owner left the two friends and headed for the court.
Do you think Danglars’ story to Caderousse has become complicated? Do you still want to defend it in Edmond now?
No, of course not, but I think it’s really terrible after jokes are so terrible.
I’d like to ask who caused this, not you, not me, but Fernand. Of course you know very well that I left that paper in the corner of the room. I really did. I tore it up at that time.
Oh, no, Caderousse replied. I remember clearly that you didn’t tear it. I clearly saw that you crumpled it and left it in the corner of the arbor. I wish the note was still there.
Well, you did see it. Then Fernand must have picked it up and copied it again or rewritten it. Maybe he didn’t copy it at all. Now I remember, my God, maybe he just sent the note. Thank God, my handwriting is disguised.
So did you know that Dantè s had participated in the rebellion?
No, I told you that I was just a joke, but it seems that like arles Gump, I told the truth in a joke.
But Caderousse added, I really don’t want to see this happen. At least you should wait and see, Danglars, this will be bad luck for both of us.
Nonsense, what kind of disaster this incident will really bring? It should also fall on the sinner, and that person, as you know, is Fernand. How can we be involved? We should keep a secret and not leak a word about this incident to others, so that you will see the storm pass and we will not be affected at all.
Well, Caderousse said yes and waved goodbye. Danglars walked in the direction of Milan Port, shaking his head and mumbling as if he were thinking hard.
Well, now Danglars says that everything has been as I wish. I have been the captain of the Pharaon for the time being, and I may even ask Caderousse forever. That fool is not talkative. I am afraid that Dantè s will be released again, but he has fallen into the hands of the court. He said with a smile that the court is open, so he jumped into a small boat and asked someone to shake it to the Pharaon because Mr. Morrel said he would meet him there.
Chapter 6 Acting Prosecutor
Almost at the same time when Dantè s held the wedding banquet, people were also giving a banquet and eating engagement wine in a grand aristocratic mansion opposite the Lumudusa fountain in the Grand Court, but the guests here were not sailors and soldiers. The prominent civilians were reunited here. The civil servants resigned during Napoleon’s rule, and the retired military attache deserted from the French army and joined the troops of foreign powers. Those young people were cursing that he had grown up in a thief’s environment for five years and deserved to be released, turning this man into a martyr, while he was revered as a demigod after fifteen years of restoration.
The guests sat around the table and talked warmly and nervously. The conversation was full of the passionate revenge of the residents in the south at that time. There was a religious struggle in southern France for 500 years, and the opposition between the parties was extremely fierce.
The emperor once ruled half the world and was used to hearing 120 million people shouting "Long live Napoleon" in ten different languages, but now he has been demoted. The king of Elba ruled five or six thousand people at the dinner table. It seems to these people that he has lost France forever and his throne in France forever.
The civil servants are talking about their political views, the military attaché s are talking about the battle of Moscow to Bixi, and the women are talking about the divorce of Queen Josephine. This group of royalists are not only celebrating the collapse of one person, but also celebrating the demise of an ideology. They believe that political prosperity has reappeared before their eyes, and they have awakened from their painful dreams.
An old man wearing the St. Louis Cross got up and proposed a toast to the health of King Louis X. This old man is the Marquis of Saint Milan. This glass of wine was immediately associated with the king of France who loved to live in exile in Havel. Everyone was passionate, and the British raised their glasses to congratulate him. The ladies and gentlemen scattered the flowers all over the table like a goddess. The atmosphere was warm and poetic.
Marquise Saint-Milan has a pair of harsh and disgusting eyes. Although she is 50 years old, she still looks aristocratic. She said that the revolutionaries didn’t drive us away and took our property, but later they sold a little money during the terrorist period. They have to admit that their true faith is on our side because we are willing to follow the fate of a declining dynasty, but they are just the opposite. They know that to worship a rising sun is that we have to admit that we sacrificed the wealth of our official position, and that the usurper is always a cursed Napoleon.