The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 76 (2/2)
”My dear Carmen, I ahted a cigarette, and was s, with her eyes fixed on him
”You want money, I suppose?”
”No--I want information”
”Information!”
”Ah! that makes you uneasy, does it not? I am well aware that you are not fond of questions”
Laisangy, as drinking his third cup of coffee, shi+vered a little at these words
”I do not understand you,” he said
”You will, presently But I never saw anybody with such an appetite
When I was sixteen and could hardly get a crust of bread, I could not eat like that”
”Why dwell on these memories, Carmen?”
”Because, if I remind you of what and who I am, I shall have a better chance, perhaps, to learn who you are”
”Car even paler than before
”I tell you that I intend to knoho you are Now hold your tongue and lettime, and now I intend to make a clean breast of it”
No words can describe the terror on the face of the banker He stammered and choked
”But, Carmen, we are so comfortable and happy What do you want more?”
”I wish to have my curiosity satisfied,” answered Car about you is a mystery and a fraud In fact, you terrifyis not natural There is so of the wild beast about you, and I tell you I am afraid!”
”But this is childish You have knowntime”
”Yes I am twenty-t, and I was fifteen when you took me, while Mamma Lousteau was your cook at Florence--”
”Hush!+ Carmen, you will be heard!”
”Who cares! Yes, the whole world irl whose irl's rooe and distress brought on an attack of apoplexy She died, and I remained with you! These are the bare facts”