The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 80 (1/2)

They remained thus, silent and motionless From the touch of the Vicomte's hand Jane seemed to experience profound relief Is it not certain that between two persons a certain netic communication may take place--an electric fluidthe two momentarily one?

Esperance bowed his head and pressed his lips on Jane's hand Then the young girl opened her eyes The fever was gone Her glorious eyes had regained all their softness, and her pulse beatentle pressure of her fingers ”You hear me?” he said ”Will you allow me to re your sufferings, and how gladly I would spare you a pang!” Again the little quivering pressure

”When I saw you the other night it did not seem to me that it was the first time I felt as if I had seen you in my drea? Did she hear hiirl She thought she was drea, and was afraid to move lest she should awaken The past seemed far away

He continued:

”Jane, before I saw you I did not live I was always sad What did it matter to me the luxury hich I was surrounded? I have always felt singularly alone, my life was incomplete But now I feel as if it ell rounded You have suffered, but now all that is over You will tell me all, because we are to have no secrets from each other We will leave Paris, and find soether”

She did not speak, but from under her half-closed eyes a tear stole down her cheek Esperance kissed the tear away She s this, Esperance rose and softly left the room

In the ante-room Madame Caraman lay asleep on the sofa Esperance smiled, but as he knew that Jane was safe, he did not arouse her nurse

He went to his room Hardly had the sound of his footsteps died away than the portiere is lifted in yonder corner, and a dark form appears

It was a man His face was hidden by a black vail In his hand was a white handkerchief and a glass bottle He stole to the bed so softly that not a sound was heard

Who is this man? It was thus that Monte-Cristo once entered the room of Valentine de Villefort But this was not Monte-Cristo As he reached the bed he extended his arirl's face the handkerchief, fro naturally Suddenly her whole forhten, the rose fades from her cheek, her brow becomes like marble The man lifted the inert form in his arms, and sloith infinite precautions, he moved toward the portiere, which he pushes aside and disappears

Ah! Mada on!

This un!

And in that e of the clock

CHAPTER LVII

THEY MUST BE SAVED!

My readers have not forgotten the romantic episode that followed Jane's suicide How happened it that our old friends Fanfar and Bobi+chel were near and able to save the life of Sanselme?

It is a very simple matter Monte-Cristo had said to Fanfar, ”I trust my son to you You love me, love him, also Be to him what you have been to me”

”Rely onin hie fatality which had always served hi that Esperance did He had been told, also, not to pererthat Esperance went to Goutran's, Fanfar, acco man enter his friend's house, he had seen hie, and finally had watched hi ht not, and in a state of perfect satisfaction they walked along the left shore of the Seine, where Fanfar had a little house in the Rue Bellechasse

They were talking earnestly, when they heard loud cries for aid They instantly plunged into the river and swam in the direction of the cries