Volume I Part 54 (1/2)
”I knew this sailor,” continued the count, ”and received of him the commission to cancel his debt to you”
”His debt?” exclai thereof
”Yes, your dream points to a captaincy, and I have the order to realize this dream”
”You! oh, do notof? Look here, Jacopo, do you see this yacht which is now riding on the waves?”
”I see her She appears to me slender and beautiful--she is a pearl of a vessel”
”I alad that the yacht is to your taste; she is my property, and I appoint you as captain, if you have no objection!”
Jacopo becaant yacht, called the Ice Bird,every sea, and the captain was delighted with her
When the count caate the fate of the falars, Jacopo received his dismissal, or rather his temporary freedom
”Master,” he asked, sorrowfully, ”why do you sendme?”
”No, Jacopo; but at present I do not need the yacht any further; I intend for a time to remain in Paris”
”Well, at any rate, I will always be ready to obey your least hint,”
said the Corsican, with enthusiasm ”Command me, and I shall at once honor your call”
”Hoho knows?” said Monte-Cristo, laughingly
”What do you wish to say by that assertion,his pro, and then, drawing out his pocketbook, he said in an earnest tone: ”Jacopo, you have a secret”
”I?”
”Why avoidcheeks convict you of untruth, and then you ought to know me sufficiently; you know that my looks can penetrate the innermost depths of thy soul”
Jacopo bent down his head, turned the cap in his hand confusedly, and becaarden flower
”Am I to tell you that I am able to read you to the bottom of your heart?”
”Master--”
”I read there a narasped a chair to support himself
”It is the name of a woman”