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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Εἰπέ—speak."
"Nothing is so impressed on the mind as the memory of early childhood, and, with the exception of the two scenes I have described to you, all my earliest reminiscences are sad."
"Speak, speak, signora," said Albert, "I am listening with the most intense interest."
Haydée answered with a melancholy smile. "You wish me, then, to relate the history of my past sorrows?" said she.
"I beg you to do so," replied Albert.