World Literature Classics Library: The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 127 Investigation (2)
"What is your name?"

"Lord Waymar."

"Where is he?"

"Currently in Paris."

"Will he give me information?"

"Will provide valuable information, Zakona was there when he was in India."

"Do you know where he lives?"

"I live in the area of ​​Rue Angtan, but I don't know which street and the number."

"You are at odds with the Englishman?"

"I am friendly with Zakona, he hates Zakona, so I am very cold with him."

"Monsieur the Presbyterian, do you think that the Count of Monte Cristo has never been to France before this visit to Paris?"

"Well, you ask me that, and I can tell you plainly. No, sir, he has never been here before, because he asked me about it six months ago. But I didn't know when I was going back to Paris, so I recommend Mr Cavallecanti briefing him."

"Andra?"

"No. Bartolomeo, old Cavalle-Conti."

"Very well, sir, I would like to ask you one last thing. In the name of humanity and religion, please tell me directly."

"Speak, sir."

"Do you know for what purpose the Count of Monte Cristo bought a villa in Auteuil?"

"Of course I know, because he told me."

"For what purpose, sir?"

"I want to build a madhouse there, exactly like the one Baron Pizzani has in Palermo. Do you know that madhouse?"

"Yes, sir, I hear it's a good reputation."

"This lunatic asylum is very well run." The elder said here and bowed to the guests, as if indicating that he wanted to pick up the interrupted work again.The visitor may have seen the meaning of the elder, or it may be that all the questions to be asked have been asked, so he also stood up.The elder walks him to the door.

"You are tireless in charity," said the visitor. "Although people say you are very rich, we would like to take the liberty of donating something. Please donate to the poor on my behalf. Surely you will accept it?"

"Thank you, sir. There is but one thing in this world that I fear the loss of, and that is that what I give must be my own."

"But……"

"This determination will never change, but you can look for opportunities yourself, sir, and you will find them. Oh, the rich and the poor pass by everywhere!" The elder bowed again and opened the door Open it, and the visitor also bowed and said goodbye, and walked out.

The carriage drove the man straight to M. de Villefort's.An hour later the carriage drove out of the mansion again, this time towards the Rue Fontaine-Saint-Georges, and stopped in front of No. 5 gate.This is Lord Waymar's lodgings.The visitor had written to Lord Waymar hoping for an interview, and Lord Weimar agreed to meet at ten o'clock.It was ten minutes before ten o'clock when the police chief's men arrived, so he was told that Lord Waymar himself was always very punctual, and that he had not yet returned to the flats, but he would be back at ten o'clock sharp. .The visitor waited in the drawing-room, which was as ordinary as any living room in a furnished apartment.

There is a fireplace in the room, and on the mantelpiece are two French place names of Sèvres.a modern porcelain vase made in France; a wall clock decorated with a statue of Cupid bending his bow to shoot the arrow of love; Homer (ancient Greek poet, a blind singer who specializes in chanting (about 9-8 centuries BC).), on the other side is Beliser (a general of the Byzantine Empire (500-565).) who asks for alms; wallpaper, and a black burgundy rug, this was Lord Waymar's drawing room.There were several lamps burning in the living room, each with a globe of frosted glass, so that the light was dim, as if knowing that the eyes of the man sent by the police chief could not stand the strong light, and he had dimmed the light specially for him. .

The visitor waited for ten minutes, the clock struck ten o'clock, and just after the fifth knock the door opened, and Lord Waymar walked in.Lord Waymar was slightly taller than average, with a sparse reddish-brown beard, a fair complexion, and fair-blond hair that was beginning to grey.His attire was quite English and grotesque, that is to say, a blue jacket with gold buttons and embroidered shawl lapels, as in 10.The white vest is made of Kashmir short fleece, and the trousers are made of purple floral cloth. The trousers are three inches shorter. Fortunately, there are suspenders of purple floral cloth under the legs, so that the legs will not slide up to the knees.As soon as he came in he said: "You know, sir, I don't speak French."

"At least I know you don't like to speak the language of our country," said the man sent by the prefect of police.

"You may speak French, however," went on Lord Waymar, "for I can understand it, though I don't speak it."

"As for me," said the visitor, switching to English, "I speak English quite well enough to carry on a conversation, so you need not be embarrassed, sir."

"Ha!" said Lord Waymar, in a tone only a true Briton could have uttered.

Someone from the Chief Constable handed Lord Weymar his letter of introduction, and Lord Weymar read it with a grim English countenance, and said in English, "I see it, I understand it perfectly. gone."

So he began to ask questions, asking exactly the same things as he had just asked Buzzoni, but Lord Weimar was the Count of Monte Cristo's enemy, so his answers were not as formal as the elders, and they were much more detailed.He introduced the situation of Monte Cristo's youth. According to him, when he was young, Monte Cristo served in the army of a small gang leader in India and attacked the British.It was there that Waymar saw Monte Cristo for the first time, and fought with him.In this war, Zakona was taken prisoner and sent to England.He was taken aboard an old ship, but he swam away.Since then, he has been wandering around, fighting duels, and asking Liu to find flowers.Later, an uprising broke out in Greece. In 1829, an uprising against Turkish rule broke out in Greece. Turkey was defeated. In 1830, Greece declared its independence and established the Kingdom of Greece.He helped the Greeks fight again.While he was fighting for the Greeks, he discovered a silver mine in Thessaly, but he kept his mouth shut about it.Port of Navarino Greece.After the naval battle, the Greek government gained a firm foothold, and he asked King Otto to allow him to mine the silver mine.As a result, he got the mining rights and made a fortune. According to Lord Weimar, Monte Cristo can earn 200 million a year, but as soon as the silver mines are exhausted, his financial resources will also dry up.

"But," asked the visitor, "do you know why he came to France?"

"He wants to speculate on railways," said Lord Waymar. "Besides, he is good at chemistry, and a good physicist. He has invented a new type of telegraph, and is trying to make it popular."

"How much does he spend a year?" asked the man sent by the chief of police.

"Ah, five or six million francs at the most," said Lord Weimar. "He's a miser."

Evidently the Englishman spoke out of hatred, but not knowing what the earl could blame, he called him mean.

"He has a villa at Auteuil, do you know about that?"

"of course I know."

"Very well! What do you know?"

"What is his purpose in buying this house, you ask?"

"Yes."

"Well, the count is a man of speculation, and will certainly squander his fortune in experiments and fancies. He thinks there is a stock in Auteuil, just near the house he just bought, which could be compared with Barney's." El, Luchon and Cotheau are all French place names. The hot spring water is comparable to the hot springs. He wants to change the house he bought into what the Germans call bad-haus in German: bathroom. He has put his The whole garden lot was searched two or three times trying to find the hot spring, but he couldn't find it, so you see, he's going to buy the houses around him in no time. I hate this man, so I hope his railroad, or telegraph, or the development of some hot spring baths will ruin him. I'm waiting to see him go broke, and it will happen sooner or later."

"Why do you hate him?" asked the visitor.

"I hate him," replied Lord Wilmore, "for seducing a friend's wife of mine while he was passing through England."

"But if you have trouble with him, why don't you try to take revenge on him?"

"Three times I have dueled the count," said the Englishman, "first with the hand, second with the sword, and third with the two-handed sword."

"The result of these duels is..."

"The first time he broke my arm, the second time he pierced my lung, and the third time he left me with this wound." The Englishman turned down his ear-high shirt collar, revealing a scar , The scar of the wound is still bright red, it can be seen that the wound is not long. "That's why I hate him very much," went on the Englishman. "Needless to say. He will die at my hands."

"But," said the man from the police station, "I don't think your method of killing him is the right way."

"Ha!" said the Englishman, "I shoot every day, and Grizier comes to me every two days."

That was all that the visitor wanted to know, or rather, all that the Englishman seemed to know, and the Inspector rose, bowing to Lord Weymar, who, with British formality, The polite expression returned the gift, and then the police detective withdrew and left the living room.

Lord Waymar heard the visitor come out of the apartment, the street door was closed behind him, and he went back to his bedroom, and in a blink of an eye, his fair hair, red-brown beard, false teeth and scars were gone, and he saw again. The Count of Monte Cristo's dark hair, dull face, and pearly teeth.However, the one who returned to the Villefort mansion was not the person sent by the police chief, but was indeed M. Villefort.Through these two investigations, the prosecutor did not find anything reassuring, but he did not find anything more disturbing, so he felt a little more at ease.Therefore, for the first time since his dinner at Auteuil, he had slept soundly for the first time.

(End of this chapter)