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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
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The builder then offered his services in providing a crew, but this Dantès declined with many thanks, saying he was accustomed to cruise about quite alone; the only thing the builder would oblige him in would be to contrive a secret closet in the cabin at his bed's head, the closet to
contain three divisions, so constructed as to be concealed from all himself. He gave the size of these divisions, which were executed next day.
Two hours afterward Dantès sailed from the port of Genoa, amid the gaze of a crowd curious to see the Spanish nobleman who preferred
