The Count of Monte Cristo

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remained silent, and after a mere bow, Monte Cristo directed his steps
to Albert, who received him cordially. "Have you seen my mother?" asked
Albert.

"I have just had the pleasure," replied the count; "but I have not seen
your father."

"See, he is down there, talking politics with that little group of great
geniuses."

"Indeed?" said Monte Cristo; "and so those gentlemen down there are
men of great talent. I should not have guessed it. And for what kind of
talent are they celebrated? You know there are different sorts."

"That tall, harsh-looking man is very learned, he discovered, in the
neighborhood of Rome, a kind of lizard with a vertebra more than
lizards usually have, and he immediately laid his discovery before the