THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Move, monsieur—move away, I entreat you; you are exactly in the spot!"
"What spot?"
"Where he fell."
"My dear M. Bertuccio," said Monte-Cristo, laughing, "recover yourself; we are no longer at Sartène or at Corte. This is not a mâquis but an English garden; badly kept, I own, but still you must not calumniate it for that."
"Monsieur, I implore you, do not stay there!"