Two men, mark and peter, fight a lengthy court battle, each suing the other in the end, mark wins the lawsuit, but only after having spent the last of his money on court fees and lawyers. soon after the court battle, both mark and peter die. peter dies of grief at having lost the rivalry, while mark dies of starvation for having spent all his money what is the most likely moral of this parable?

Which words in this excerpt from the count of monte cristo can be used as synonyms to determine the meaning of the word grotto? dant? s entered the second grotto. the second grotto was lower and more gloomy than the first; the air that could only enter by the newly formed opening had the mephitic smell dant? s was surprised not to find in the outer cavern. he waited in order to allow pure air to displace the foul atmosphere, and then went on. 1. air 2. opening 3. mephitic 4. cavern 5. pure 6. atmosphere