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"Oh dear, yes, sir; the abbe's dungeon was forty or fifty feet distant from that of one of Bonaparte's emissaries, --one of those who had contributed the most to the return of the usurper in 1815, -- a very resolute and very dangerous man.""Indeed!" said the Englishman.

"Yes," replied M.de Boville; "I myself had occasion to see this man in 1816 or 1817, and we could only go into his dungeon with a file of soldiers.That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!" The Englishman smiled imperceptibly.

"And you say, sir," he interposed, "that the two dungeons"--

"Were separated by a distance of fifty feet; but it appears that this Edmond Dantes" --"This dangerous man's name was" --

"Edmond Dantes.It appears, sir, that this Edmond Dantes had procured tools, or made them, for they found a tunnel through which the prisoners held communication with one another.""This tunnel was dug, no doubt, with an intention of escape?""No doubt; but unfortunately for the prisoners, the Abbe Faria had an attack of catalepsy, and died.""That must have cut short the projects of escape.""For the dead man, yes," replied M.de Boville, "but not for the survivor; on the contrary, this Dantes saw a means of accelerating his escape.He, no doubt, thought that prisoners who died in the Chateau d'If were interred in an ordinary burial-ground, and he conveyed the dead man into his own cell, took his place in the sack in which they had sewed up the corpse, and awaited the moment of interment.""It was a bold step, and one that showed some courage,"remarked the Englishman.

"As I have already told you, sir, he was a very dangerous man; and, fortunately, by his own act disembarrassed the government of the fears it had on his account.""How was that?"

"How? Do you not comprehend?"

"No."

"The Chateau d'If has no cemetery, and they simply throw the dead into the sea, after fastening a thirty-six pound cannon-ball to their feet.""Well," observed the Englishman as if he were slow of comprehension.

"Well, they fastened a thirty-six pound ball to his feet, and threw him into the sea.""Really!" exclaimed the Englishman.

"Yes, sir," continued the inspector of prisons."You may imagine the amazement of the fugitive when he found himself flung headlong over the rocks! I should like to have seen his face at that moment.""That would have been difficult."

"No matter," replied De Boville, in supreme good-humor at the certainty of recovering his two hundred thousand francs, -- "no matter, I can fancy it." And he shouted with laughter.

"So can I," said the Englishman, and he laughed too; but he laughed as the English do, "at the end of his teeth.""And so," continued the Englishman who first gained his composure, "he was drowned?""Unquestionably."

"So that the governor got rid of the dangerous and the crazy prisoner at the same time?""Precisely."

"But some official document was drawn up as to this affair, I suppose?" inquired the Englishman.

"Yes, yes, the mortuary deposition.You understand, Dantes'

relations, if he had any, might have some interest in knowing if he were dead or alive.""So that now, if there were anything to inherit from him, they may do so with easy conscience.He is dead, and no mistake about it.""Oh, yes; and they may have the fact attested whenever they please.""So be it," said the Englishman."But to return to these registers.""True, this story has diverted our attention from them.

Excuse me."

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