The Count of Monte Cristo(基督山伯爵).txt

TheCountofMonteCristobyAlexandreDumas[Pere]Chapter1Marseilles--,1810,thelook-outatNotre-DamedelaGardesignalledthethree-master,thePharaonfromSmyrna,Trieste,,apilotputoffimmediately,androundingtheChateaud'If,,ordingtocustom,therampartsofFortSaint-Jeanwerecoveredwithspectators;eintoport,especiallywhenthisship,likethePharaon,hasbeenbuilt,rigged,andladenattheoldPhoceedocks,,whichsomevolcanicshockhasmadebetweentheCalasareigneandJarosislands;haddoubledPomegue,andapproachedtheharborundertopsails,jib,andspanker,butsoslowlyandsedatelythattheidlers,withthatinstinctwhichistheforerunnerofevil,,urred,itwasnottothevesselherself,forsheboredownwithalltheevidenceofbeingskilfullyhandled,theanchora-cockbill,thejib-boomguysalreadyeasedoff,andstandingbythesideofthepilot,whowassteeringthePharaontowardsthenarrowentranceoftheinnerport,wasayoungman,who,withactivityandvigilanteye,watchedeverymotionoftheship,,butjumpingintoasmallskiff,desiredtobepulledalongsidethePharaon,,helefthisstationbythepilot,and,hatinhand,leanedovertheship',tall,slimyoungfellowofeighteenortwenty,withblackeyes,andhairasdarkasaraven'swing;ustomedfromtheircradletocontendwithdanger."Ah,isityou,Dantes?"criedthemanintheskiff."What'sthematter?andwhyhaveyousuchanairofsadnessaboard?""Agreatmisfortune,,"repliedtheyoungman,--"agreatmisfortune,formeespecially!hiawelostourbraveCaptainLeclere.""Andthecargo?"inquiredtheowner,eagerly."Isallsafe,;--""Whathappenedtohim?"askedtheowner,withanairofcon