That old man noticed a face thrust out of the
carriage window gazing at them, and respectfully touching Pierre's elbow said something to him and pointed to the
carriage.
At these words, the effect of which he watched closely, the lady with the black eyes uttered a cry of joy, leant out of the
carriage window, and seeing the cavalier approaching, held out her arms, exclaiming:
He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the
carriage.
At the same moment the
carriage began to move, and a gas-lamp at the head of the slip flashed its light into the window.
Franz hastened to inquire after the count, and to express regret that he had not returned in sufficient time; but Pastrini reassured him by saying that the Count of Monte Cristo had ordered a second
carriage for himself, and that it had gone at four o'clock to fetch him from the Rospoli Palace.
The
carriage lamps shed a yellow light on a rough-looking road which seemed to be cut through bushes and low-growing things which ended in the great expanse of dark apparently spread out before and around them.
added aloud the man who alighted from the
carriage.
These new-comers evidently meant mischief with regard to the
carriage.
The old butler who had traveled with the countess, came to the
carriage to announce that everything was ready, and the countess got up to go.
When they arrived at Mr Korbes's house, he was not at home; so the mice drew the
carriage into the coach-house, Chanticleer and Partlet flew upon a beam, the cat sat down in the fireplace, the duck got into the washing cistern, the pin stuck himself into the bed pillow, the millstone laid himself over the house door, and the egg rolled himself up in the towel.
On entering the
carriage, Julia noticed the eye of Antonio fixed on her with peculiar meaning, and she felt that her conduct had been appreciated.
As they passed, they met the
carriage--Jos Sedley's open
carriage, with its magnificent armorial bearings--that splendid conveyance in which he used to drive, about at Cheltonham, majestic and solitary, with his arms folded, and his hat cocked; or, more happy, with ladies by his side.
