| §@ Dominoes three OXFORD Pe Count of € : v Mente CristoBEFORE READING 1 Napoleon isan important person nthe story The Count ‘of Mont Grito, Complete this information about hin apoeendonapart was bor in 1789 in Corse. He grond wih the French Revlon of 1788, end the @ Fig Louis 1184 Hapaoan became) of range andy 107 Franca nada are Emir in Europe But then Napoleon beste unpopule In 1812he sees © ino Rusia, where the hard wit alld any ais soir. 814 aoa th op army f Leia and was sent may tothe ln of a nthe arises eaiteransan battle 7 ar hae Ce in France made tus Emperor Ws roth, ous 0 the new King of ance. Loui esconed 0, Loui, ad i 98 in prison) xan Earn 1815 Npolon from Eb and royaits returned t France. The French army weleoma hi ase Later apolon fst to bt of Water. He was tome island of Sit len nth sit ene ad Lous HV euro Pris, Napeeo len Saint Holo sia yar tor 1 Monsaur ifr. th grown prosecutor 1 Rng sine tran, the daughter of ich ok family © Monscur iri and sls A wicked plin J February 24h 1815, a ship called the Pharao sled into Masel, the largest part in the south of ance People ran othe waterside fo welcome it, eeause the arial ‘ofa ship always a geeat excitement in Marsile, especially UNit belongs to an owns from the town. A young man was standing on the deck, watebing the sails and giving carel toners to the stilors. He was between eighteen and cwenty years ol tal, with Sine dark eyes and fir ha seal ace showed that danger meant nothing to him. The ship's owner, Monster Morel couldnt wait for the ship to arive in port, and jumped into a smal oa. Take me to the Phare” be ordeced hs men, and soon he was on the ship's deck ‘Welcome home, Dass” he sid to the young man, Bat were is Capiain Lelere 1's very sad, Monsiewe” replied Edrnond Dantes taking of hls at. ‘We lost our good capa between Naples and Rome: And the cargo” asked the owe worrely ae Ph ‘aed ers‘e's all safe, Monsieur. But poor Captain Lect died very suddenly, after a short inst. We gave him «sailor's funeral fan thece he rests, on the Mediterranean seabed. Well, we all have to die at some time. AS long as the cargo—! “Alls well ith, Monsleu. But here ls Monsieur Danglas, ‘who takes care ofthat side of things. You ea ask him. ‘The owner tuened to a man of shout twenty-ve, with a rk, wnsmiing fice, The sllrs batd him es mach as they loved Dantis “Wel Monsieur. sai Danglars. ‘You've heard the bad news ‘es, es, pooe Captain Lec, A Hue, honest man. “And anexcalleat allo, ust the kind of man foran important company like Morrel and So,’ answered! Danglrs “Yer, although &s good to see that Dantés ean take the captain's place so well” said Merrel, watching Edmond. Well’ sid Danglar. looking at Dantes with hatred in his ‘eyes, he's young and eonfldent. ut he made us loses day ‘anda halfby stoping atthe sland of Elba for no good reson ‘Dd he’ replied ore, surprised. "Phat was wrong of i. ‘anise called, ‘Come over here! I'l Ikea ward with you.” ‘The young man came closer. "Yes, Monsieur” he asked “wanted to ask why yow stopped atthe island of Eb ‘Monsieur, {had to obey Copcatn Lelre's last are. As he lay dying, be tld me otk a eter to the Emperor Napoleon, ‘who's living on ba, and thats what Idi “Young man said Moco, you did well obey your captain, ‘but pechaps you'l et Into trouble for it. The King and bis fiends wil be angry if they hear you've taken leter to dele 1 only obeyed an order. Is chat all, Monseus?™ Think the Emperor gave him alter to take to someone tn Paris? Danglars whispered in the shipowner's ear. — 1 sae i “ant has eter, hel tell me about i replied Morrel Saou confident. aati, you're feta go now. Can youcome and 3 have ater at my house ths evening? baa “Thank you fr your Kind ination, Monscur, bt the est, thing mst doles my father. He's an oldman now” "Youre a good son, Danis. And you have another person to vit perhaps A lover? The bent Mercedes?” "We are not lover, Moteur” the soung man replled seriously. ‘She is my ance We ope to many very soon. "Well go now. Dantés, and tn thee month ne, come back to see me The Pharan wil be realy or the next tp. and Morel put his hand of lms shoul, with ts new sieut” eve Edmond in delight. “Thank you thousand tmes! 1S my dearest wish!” ‘And with this wonderfl news in ls bead, the young man, walked quickly away feom the waterside and into the narroe streets of the okd town. Soon he came to a small house and juny Turse up the dark stir to his fathee’s oom. Here be spent several hou with his ther, ‘making sue tha the od man hal everything that he needed, ‘Thon fdmond harried eat of Marvel, towards a fishing village Mercedes «lovely young. git ‘with dark hale and beautil soit eyes, was standing i her living-room, looking dreamy ‘out of the window a the sea She wes thang of Biman. Tein her # tall young man ‘was speaking to her.Please, Mercedes he was saying, Think aout ou wedding! You know how much I love you! Give me your answer! "You're hd it hundred mes, Femand.' the gl rep. “love you lke a brother but my heart. belongs to another But Fve dreamed of being your husbanl for ten years, Mercedes! Don’t take away that hope Say yes to me" Fernand, [ove Edmond Dantis! Iwill marty no other mant Perhaps he'l dla! Or perhaps ho's forgotten yout ‘Mercedes! cried a happy voce outside, ‘Mercedes! "AY cxied the gi. running to the door i delight. You se, he hasnt forgotten ne! Edmond, Pm her! Suddenly, Edmond and Mercodes were ia cach ot At irs thet happiness cut them of rom the rst of the word fad they saw nothing of what wa around them. But then [Bimond noticed Fernand, who had @ dangerous-laoking kale tn aft band : Who fs thi Edmond asked Merodes He wil be your bes frend, Edsnond, because he's my very eae cousin, This i Fema “mond sealed and put out is hand, but Fernand, bis face ark and floated id not move, Mercedes stepped frac "ermand, pat that knife away, al member is’ she si, oad, 1 her eyes shining angel. ‘If anything happens to Ei shall kill mysell. Now you're going to shake hands with hin like a fiend Slosly Fernand alered his ight hand. bat soon as lmond touched i. he ran out othe house ‘what can Ido, what can 1 do “Stop a minute! called Danglars, who was sitting under trce with & bottle of wine, "You lok unhappy. Have dri ‘Withoot really knowing what he was doing. Ferman sat down on the grass and drank the wine ‘So your lovely ovsin Mercedes has decided, has the sid angles, ‘She's going to niery Edinond Duns, is she? "Yes, and I can't stop it eved Fernand angel ‘ot you can Ifyou wat to, my fin sald Dangle ‘Let ie show you what to do Just write short eter to Monsieur Vilefct, the exiwn prosecutor. In the letter you say that Dantésisan enemy of our King. because he's visited te wieked Napoleon on the island of Hb, and even cares a lterfom hm. You se? I's en ut 1 do that, Edmond wal lt ‘Who knows? Perhaps he'll yo to prison, Bat what does it matter? You'l have the lovely Mercedes!” And to hinsel, anglers was thinking. "This will stop Dantés becoming captain othe Phar! Danglars’ wicked plan worked well The next day was Edmond’ ‘wodling day, but just ashe and Mepcedes were sting ready to go 0 the church, Edmond was arrested. Dangluts sre to himself athe watched the police take the young man away.| READING CHECK ‘hoote the best words to complete the sontonces On Februcy 24h 1818 4 1] apelean gos Esmond Darts tr. 2. 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