THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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Franz let him proceed without interruption; he longed to be alone and able, undisturbedly, to ponder over all that had occurred.
One of the two men was an entire stranger to him, but not so the other; and though Franz had been unable to distinguish his features,
Peppino.
from his being either wrapped in his mantle or obscured by the shadow, the tones of his voice had made too powerful an impression on him the first time he heard them for him ever again to forget them. It was more especially when speaking in a manner half jesting, half bitter that Franz's ear recalled most vividly the strident, metallic voice that
