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The Count of Monte Cristo

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How could this rock, which weighed several tons, have been lifted to this spot, without the aid of many men?
Suddenly an idea flashed across his mind.

Instead of raising it, thought he, they have lowered it.

And he sprang from the rock in order to inspect the base on which it had formerly stood.

He soon perceived that a slope had been formed, and the rock had slid along this until it stopped at the spot it now occupied.

A large stone had served as a wedge; flints and pebbles had been inserted around it, so as to conceal the orifice; this species of masonry had been covered with earth, and grass and weeds had grown there, moss had clung to the stones, myrtle-bushes had taken root, and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth.
Dantes dug away the earth carefully, and detected, or fancied he detected, the ingenious artifice.


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