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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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the time till ten o'clock, when I caught sight of your carriage and horses."
"What you have just said induces me to hope that you intend breakfasting with me."
Albert de Morcerf.
"No, thank you, I am not thinking of breakfast, just now; perhaps we may take that meal at a later hour and in worse company."
"What on earth are you talking of?"
"I am to fight to-day."
"What for?"
