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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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is said sympathy travels rapidly; and when at Tréport, I felt the electrie shock; you have either been working for me or thinking of me."

"Possibly," said Monte-Cristo, "I have indeed thought of you; but the magnetic wire I was guiding acted, indeed, without my knowledge."

Champs Elysées.

"Indeed! pray tell me how it happened?"

"Willingly. M. Danglars dined with me."

"I know it; to avoid meeting him, my mother and I left town."

"But he met here M. Andrea Cavalcanti"