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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Indeed!" said the Englishman.

"Yes," replied M. de Boville; "I myself had occasion to see this man in 1816 or 1817, and we could only go into his dungeon with a file of soldiers. That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!"

Monte-Cristo and M. de Boville.

The Englishman smiled imperceptibly.

"And you say, sir," he said, "that the two dungeons———"

"Were separated by a distance of fifty feet; but it appears that this Edmond Dantès———"