Volume I Part 61 (1/2)
”I will tell Mr Mortimer to let you have a few bottles Captain, when does the sun rise to-morrow?”
”At 618 AM”
”Good; at 619 you can depart”
”You will be satisfied with ht sailors I a to, anyway?”
”To Algiers, captain There is one thing more I wish to say”
”Speak, commodore”
”Have you noticed a yacht in the harbor? the flag is a gold mountain on a red field”
”Yes, the little peanut-shell,” he said, disdainfully, ”which is called the Ice Bird”
”Yes, the Ice Bird This peanut-shell, as you call it, starts to-eria Whether it intends to stop at Bona or Algiers I do not know You would do well to find out”
”I will do so,” said Wharton
”Then good-by, and reoverness sighed
”Oh, miss, ill Lord Ellis say?”
”That my brother has now a chance to cohed Miss Clary
CHAPTER XLV
MALDAR
Haydee and Mercedes were seated in a ed in a lively conversation Spero's dark head lay in hisof their beloved ones Mercedes said, that if Albert died her life would be at an end Haydee only thought of Spero
Spero, too, thought about the seriousness of his position, and was in this, as in other things, far in advance of his age He felt deep despair at the idea of a separation froave the boy courage
Six o'clock had now struck Haydee's arhter to Spero, and a tear fell upon the youth's dark locks
Monte-Cristo softly opened the door and entered His face looked pale and careworn Spero ran to meet his father The count took him in his arms and softly asked:
”Are you ready, my son?”
”Yes, father,” replied Spero, sio, I follow”
Haydee hurriedly dried her tears as Monte-Cristo drew nearer She clung to his bosom, and whispered:
”A to return”