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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
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"Yes — yes," said Caderousse; "but you were right to be in a hurry, my boy."
"And why?"
Dantès' father
"Because Mercédès is a very fine girl, and fine girls never lack lovers; she, particularly, has them by dozens."
"Really!" answered Edmond, with a smile which had in it traces of slight uneasiness.
