Chapter 41. The Presentation
When Albert found himself alone with Monte Cristo, “My dear count,” said
he, “allow me to commence my services as cicerone by showing you a
specimen of a bachelor’s apartment. You, who are accustomed to the
palaces of Italy, can amuse yourself by calculating in how many square
feet a young man who is not the worst lodged in Paris can live. As we
pass from one room to another, I will open the windows to let you
breathe.”
Monte Cristo had already seen the breakfast-room and the salon on the
ground floor. Albert led him first to his atelier, which was, as we have
said, his favorite apartment. Monte Cristo quickly appreciated all that
Albert had collected here—old cabinets, Japanese porcelain, Oriental
stuffs, Venetian glass, arms from all parts of the
