Volume II Part 65 (2/2)
Irene in such moments tried in vain to quiet her When the physician examined her, he found a blood-red scar on her bosoht of the third day after the rescue, Fanfaro sat at Anselht hours to h him that Spero had not left the Monte-Cristo palace for three days, and could not iroan Fanfaro bent over the invalid, and thought he heard the words:
”My daughter--my poor child--ah, is she dead?”
”Who is dead?” asked Fanfaro
”Ah, she plunged into the water--she is drowned,” groaned Anselmo
Fanfaro could not believe his ears Did the sick hter?
”Have you a daughter?” he asked
”Yes, ”
Just then the door opened, and Bobi+chel entered
”Well?” cried Fanfaro expectantly
”Ah, Fanfaro, a great misfortune!”
”A misfortune? Does it concern the vicomte?”
”Yes; he has disappeared”
”But, Bobi+chel, why should that be a misfortune? Perhaps he went on a short journey”
”No, both Coucou and Madame Caraman maintain that his disappearance is a misfortune”
”Tellthat the vicoo home directly, but first took an opportunity to rescue a wounded girl”
”A wounded girl?” repeated Fanfaro
”Yes, a young girl who had been shot in the breast She was brought by the vicomte to his house”
”I can hardly believe it,” muttered Fanfaro
”Madame Caraman and Coucou are in the corridor; they will confir them in”
The next minute the Zouave and Caraman were in the rooiveher hands; and then she went on and told how Spero and Gontrairl into the house, the care that had been taken of her, and how, at the suggestion of the vicomte, she had lain down on the sofa to rest for an hour