THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"I should die; yes, my lord."
"Do you, then, love me?"
"Oh, Valentine! he asks if I love him. Valentine, tell him if you love Maximilian."
The Farewell Letter.
The count felt his heart dilate and throb; he opened his arms, and Haydée, uttering a cry, sprang into them.
"Oh, yes!" she cried, "I do love you! I love you as one loves a father, brother, husband! I love you as my life, for you are the best, the noblest of created beings!"
