The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 79 (1/2)
”Now then,” continued Benedetto, ”you knoho I a Once more, will you obey me?”
”But what do you wish me to do?”
”In the first place, I want money I am tired of poverty, and of the incessant perils which it forces me to run You are rich Make me rich”
”You shall have money”
”And much money But this is not all”
Benedetto laid his hand on the shoulder of his cootten,” he said, in a stern voice, ”the man who hue?”
Danglars looked up quickly
”That enius, as well as mine He tempted me He launched me into a world where all my appetite for luxury was developed, then suddenly he sent me to a prison
You remember all the tortures he inflicted on you Now it is in our power to heap on this eance so terrible that he rithe at our feet This vengeance I lars, do you wish to see this ether”
Danglars eance is sweet, but it can not be”
”Impossible!” sneered Benedetto ”We till succeed, I swear to you”
”No, no, I alars, do you wish to be revenged on Monte-Cristo, if I can prove to you that you personally run no risk? I too a time that he was all-powerful and not to be reached To-day I have discovered a fault in his armor, and intend that this man shall weep tears of blood Once more, will you assist lars
”Listen to me a moment This man has one ih this love that we shall reach hiet that he has a son”
”The Vicomte Esperance!”
”To strike the son is to kill the father!”
”You are right--and I, like you, hate hie I h, and you must swear to obey me blindly”
”And you say that ill crush Monte-Cristo?”
”I swear it!”
”Then,” said Danglars, ”I join you, for I hate him!”
And the two men shook hands in ratification of their oath
CHAPTER LVI
ESPERANCE, MONTE-CRISTO'S SON