Scarcely had the first congratulations upon her marvellous escape been gone through when she wrote the following letter to madame danglars : - dear hermine , - i have just had a wonderful escape from the most imminent danger , and i owe my safety to the very count of monte cristo we were talking about yesterday , but whom i little expected to see to - day . i remember how unmercifully i laughed at what i considered your eulogistic and exaggerated praises of him ; but i have now ample cause to admit that your enthusiastic description of this wonderful man fell far short of his merits 她一到家，在家人的一阵惊叹平息之后，立刻写了下面这封信给腾格拉尔夫人： “亲爱的爱米娜：我刚才从九死一生的危险中奇迹般地逃了出来，这全得归功于我们昨天所谈到的那位基督山伯爵但我决想不到今天会看见他我记得当你称赞他的时候，我曾怎样无情地加以嘲笑，觉得你的话太夸张了，可是现在我却有充分的理由来相信：你对于这位奇人的描写虽然热情，但对于他的优点说的却远远不够。
