THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Welcome, M. le Comte!" exclaimed she, as he entered. "I have been most anxious to see you, that I might repeat verbally those thanks writing can so ill express."
"Surely so trifling a circumstance cannot deserve remembrance. I had entirely forgotten it."
"But it is not so easy to forget, M. le Comte, that the very day following you saved the life of my dear friend, Madame de Villefort, which I had placed in danger by lending her the same horses."
"This time, at least, I cannot accept of your flattering acknowledg-