Chapter 26: Vampa and Monte-Cristo

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌⁠After his fearful and exhausting duel with old Pasquale Solara in which he had been so nearly vanquished and so signally favored by Fate, the Viscount Massetti dragged himself rather than ran through the chestnut grove by the roadside, pausing now and then to glance back through the trees and note what was taking place among Vampa's bandits. His wounded antagonist was evidently unconscious, for th