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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"In 1829, M. le Comte."

"In what month?"

"June."

"The beginning or the end?"

"The evening of the 3d."

The Fugitive Smuggler.

"Ah," said Monte-Cristo, "the evening of the 3d of June, 1829. Go on."

"It was from Caderousse that I intended demanding shelter; and, as we never entered by the door that opened on to the road, I resolved not to break through the rule, and climbing over the garden-hedge I crept