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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Well! what have you to say? you have seen your dream realized."
"I can still say it is a dream; a retired baker, my poor Benedetto, is rich—he has an annuity."
"Well, you have an annuity."
"I have."
"Yes, since I bring you your two hundred francs."
Caderousse shrugged up his shoulders.
"It is humiliating," said he, "thus to receive money given grudgingly; an uncertain supply which may soon fail. You, see I am obliged to