The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 68 (1/2)

He hurried to his room, which was in the attic under the eaves, furnished with the most excessive simplicity: an iron bedstead, a table, and one chair A trunk with a large lock upon it was also in the room

Maslenes locked the door, and then dropped on the one chair the place contained He sat for soht

”What am I to do? What am I to do?”

Then he rose, and opened the trunk of which we have spoken, with a key that he took fro, and a portfolio He tried the weight of the bag and shrugged his shoulders He then loosened the cord that held the bag together, and produced ten louis, at which he looked sadly The portfolio contained three bank notes of one hundred francs each

”And in two days I have five hundred francs to pay, and afterhat is to beco silence broken by the words once more, ”Oh! how miserable I am!” He paced his room like a prisoner in his cell

”What aht, to be sure, earn a crust of bread for myself, but what is to becoive ht, with her talent, be as rich as a queen, but she cannot forget the past, and that is ain Suddenly he started It see and the portfolio into the trunk and locked it, then rushed to the door On opening it there was no one to be seen

”Is there any one here?” he asked

There was no reply

”I was mistaken, of course”

He returned to his room and there found that the sounds were repeated, and ca out saw the outlines of a hu No robber would have attracted attention thus Nevertheless Maslenes took down a revolver before he opened the

”Who is there?” he asked

”Some one ishes to speak to you!” And with these words the person jumped into the room

Maslenes raised his revolver, but at this ht fell on the face of the unknown He uttered a cry of horror

”You here! Ah! leave me, leave me at once, or I swear that I will blow out your brains”

”No, sir, you will do nothing of the kind It would be very inconvenient for you to find yourself with a dead body to get rid of You would be obliged to give your name, and you certainly don't care for the police to put their nose into your affairs”

And as the intendant did not reply, the new co reasonable, I see It is really droll that we should ain after all these years in this way!”

He seated hihted it at the candle

”Now listen to me,” said Maslenes ”Why are you here? Go your way, and letmy best to repair the evil that I have committed in my life I do not interfere with you, and I only ask that you shall leave iano, and o”

The other sneered:

”You have becohty, convict Sanselry exclamation: