Граф Монте-Кристо

Unlimited Credit.

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           "Thesameordersforherasforthetwosailingvessels."

           "Verygood."

           "WhenyouhavepurchasedtheestateIdesire,Iwantconstantrelaysofhorsesattenleaguesapartalongthenorthernandsouthernroad."

           "Yourexcellencymaydependuponme."TheCountmadeagestureofsatisfaction,descendedtheterracesteps,andsprangintohiscarriage,whichwaswhirledalongswiftlytothebanker’shouse.Danglarswasengagedatthatmoment,presidingoverarailroadcommittee.Butthemeetingwasnearlyconcludedwhenthenameofhisvisitorwasannounced.Asthecount’stitlesoundedonhisearherose,andaddressinghiscolleagues,whoweremembersofoneortheotherChamber,hesaid—"Gentlemen,pardonmeforleavingyousoabruptly;butamostridiculouscircumstancehasoccurred,whichisthis—Thomson&French,theRomanbankers,havesenttomeacertainpersoncallinghimselftheCountofMonteCristo,andhavegivenhimanunlimitedcreditwithme.IconfessthisisthedrollestthingIhaveevermetwithinthecourseofmyextensiveforeigntransactions,andyoumayreadilysupposeithasgreatlyrousedmycuriosity.Itookthetroublethismorningtocallonthepretendedcount—ifhewerearealcounthewouldn’tbesorich.But,wouldyoubelieveit,‘Hewasnotreceiving.’SothemasterofMonteCristogiveshimselfairsbefittingagreatmillionaireoracapriciousbeauty.

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