THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 57 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 57 In the Lucerne Patch. Our readers must now allow us to transport them again to the enclosure surrounding M. de Villefort s house and behind the gate half screened from view by the large chestnut-trees which on all sides spread their luxuriant branches we shall find some people of our acquaintance. This time Maximilian was the first to arrive. He was intently watching for a shadow to appear among the trees and awaiting with anxiety the sound of a light step on the gravel walk. At length the long-desired sound was heard and instead of one figure as he had expected he perceived that two were approaching him. The delay had been occasioned by a visit from Madame Danglars and Eugenie which had been prolonged beyond the time at which Valentine was expected. That she might not appear to fail in her promise to Maximilian she proposed to Mademoiselle Danglars that they should take a walk in the garden being anxious to show that the delay which was doubtless a cause of vexation to him was not occasioned by any neglect on her part. The young man with the intuitive perception of a lover quickly understood the circumstances in which she was involuntarily placed and he was comforted. Besides although she avoided coming within speaking distance Valentine arranged so that Maximilian could see her pass and repass and each time she went by she managed unperceived by her companion to cast an expressive look at the young man which seemed to say Have patience You see it is not my fault. And Maximilian was patient and employed himself in mentally contrasting the two girls -- one fair with soft languishing eyes a figure gracefully bending like a weeping willow the other a brunette with a fierce and haughty expression and as straight as a poplar. It is unnecessary to state that in the eyes of the young man Valentine did not suffer by the contrast. In about half an hour the girls went away and Maximilian understood that Mademoiselle .
