THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Heigho!" said Lord Wilmore, with that tone which is only known to natives of Great Britain.
The envoy presented his letter of introduction, which the latter read with English coolness; and having finished,—
Villefort Interviews Lord Wilmore.
"I understand," said he, "perfectly"
Then began the questions, which were similar to those which had been addressed to the Abbé Busoni. But as Lord Wilmore, in the, character of the count's enemy, was less restrained in his answers, they were more numerous; he described the youth of Monte-Cristo, who, he said, at ten years of age entered the service of one of those petty
