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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
"How long has he left it?"
"Two years."
"Was he liberated then?"
"No; he was put in a dungeon."
"Listen!" said Dantès. "I am not an abbé, I am not mad; perhaps
I shall be, but at present, unfortunately, I am not. I will make you another offer."
"What is that?"
"I do not offer you a million, because I have it not; but I will give you a hundred crowns if, the first time you go to Marseilles, you will