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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
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was the other day a crime is to-day a title of favor. You then served Louis XVIII., and you did not show any favor — it was your duty; to-day you serve Napoleon, and you ought to protect him — it is equally your duty. I come, therefore, to ask what has become of him.”
Villefort and Morrel
Villefort made a violent effort.
“What is his name?" said he; “tell me his name.”
“Edmond Dantès.”
Villefort would, evidently, have rather stood opposite the muzzle of
