THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 63 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 63 The Dinner. It was evident that one sentiment affected all the guests on entering the dining-room. Each one asked what strange influence had brought them to this house and yet astonished even uneasy though they were they still felt that they would not like to be absent. The recent events the solitary and eccentric position of the count his enormous nay almost incredible fortune should have made men cautious and have altogether prevented ladies visiting a house where there was no one of their own sex to receive them and yet curiosity had been enough to lead them to overleap the bounds of prudence and decorum. And all present even including Cavalcanti and his son notwithstanding the stiffness of the one and the carelessness of the other were thoughtful on finding themselves assembled at the house of this incomprehensible man. Madame Danglars had started when Villefort on the count s invitation offered his arm and Villefort felt that his glance was uneasy beneath his gold spectacles when he felt the arm of the baroness press upon his own. None of this had escaped the count and even by this mere contact of individuals the scene had already acquired considerable interest for an observer. M. de Villefort had on the right hand Madame Danglars on his left Morrel. The count was seated between Madame de Villefort and Danglars the other seats were filled by Debray who was placed between the two Cavalcanti and by Chateau-Renaud seated between Madame de Villefort and Morrel. The repast was magnificent Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests. It was an Oriental feast that he offered to them but of such a kind as the Arabian fairies might be supposed to prepare. Every delicious fruit that the four quarters of the globe could provide was heaped in vases from China and jars from Japan. Rare birds retaining their most brilliant plumage .
