166).Īfter Faria's death, Dantès escapes from the Château d'If by substituting himself within Faria's shroud. His eyes reopened with a terrifying expression, he let out a sigh that was closer to a shout, then the whole trembling body relapsed gradually into immobility’ (p. ‘The medicine produced an immediate effect, galvanizing the old man with a violent shudder through all his limbs. 150)įaria dies as predicted after the third cerebrovascular event even though Dantès gave the remainder of the medicine as instructed. The doctor predicted the same fate for me.’ (p. My father died on the third attack and so did my grandfather. The third time, I shall remain entirely paralysed or shall die at once. My head is muddled, which proves there is some effusion on the brain. Today, I cannot move my right leg or my right arm. ‘Last time the fit lasted half an hour, and after it I felt hungry and got up myself. This is Faria's second attack, the first having been more than ten years previously: 148)įaria regains consciousness but has a right hemiplegia, describing himself as being ‘half a corpse’. When you see me motionless, cold and as it were, dead-and only at that moment you understand-force my teeth apart with the knife and poor eight to ten drops of the liquid into my mouth. But I might also froth at the mouth, stiffen and cry out. I may perhaps remain motionless and not make a sound. Dantès is warned by Faria what to expect and what he must do with some medicine that Faria has kept for the purpose: (From an early edition of The Count of Monte Cristo)įifteen months after their first acquaintance, Faria suddenly becomes unwell.
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