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Meanwhile M Cavalcanti the elder had returned to his service, not in the ar-table of the baths of Lucca, of which he was one of thethat had been allowed for his journey as a reward for the majestic and solemn manner in which he had maintained his assumed character of father M Andrea at his departure inherited all the papers which proved that he had indeed the honor of being the son of the Marquis Bartolomeo and the Marchioness Oliva Corsinari He was now fairly launched in that Parisian society which gives such ready access to foreigners, and treats them, not as they really are, but as they wish to be considered Besides, what is required of a young ood appearance, to be a good gamester, and to pay in cash They are certainly less particular with a foreigner than with a Frenchht, attained a very fair position He was called count, he was said to possess 50,000 livres per annum; and his father's immense riches, buried in the quarries of Saravezza, were a constant theme A learned man, before whom the last circumstance was mentioned as a fact, declared he had seen the quarries in question, which gave great weight to assertions hitherto soarb of reality

Such was the state of society in Paris at the period we bring before our readers, when Monte Cristo went one evening to pay M Danglars a visit M Danglars was out, but the count was asked to go and see the baroness, and he accepted the invitation It was never without a nervous shudder, since the dinner at Auteuil, and the events which followed it, that Madalars heard Monte Cristo's name announced If he did not come, the painful sensation became most intense; if, on the contrary, he appeared, his noble countenance, his brilliant eyes, his alars, soon dispelled every impression of fear It appeared ihtfully pleasing ainst her; besides, the most corrupt minds only suspect evil when it would answer sonant to every mind When Monte Cristo entered the boudoir,--to which we have already once introduced our readers, and where the baroness was exahter passed to her after having looked at them with M Cavalcanti,--his presence soon produced its usual effect, and it ith sh she had been a little disconcerted at the announcelance