Граф Монте-Кристо

Unlimited Credit.

           "AndIofspeakingtoBaronDanglars,chevalieroftheLegionofHonor,andmemberoftheChamberofDeputies?"

           MonteCristorepeatedallthetitleshehadreadonthebaron’scard.

           Danglarsfelttheironyandcompressedhislips."Youwill,Itrust,excuseme,monsieur,fornotcallingyoubyyourtitlewhenIfirstaddressedyou,"hesaid,"butyouareawarethatwearelivingunderapopularformofgovernment,andthatIammyselfarepresentativeofthelibertiesofthepeople."

           "Somuchso,"repliedMonteCristo,"thatwhileyoucallyourselfbaronyouarenotwillingtocallanybodyelsecount."

           "Uponmyword,monsieur,"saidDanglarswithaffectedcarelessness,"Iattachnosortofvaluetosuchemptydistinctions;butthefactis,Iwasmadebaron,andalsochevalieroftheLegionofHonor,inreturnforservicesrendered,but"—

           "ButyouhavediscardedyourtitlesaftertheexamplesetyoubyMessrs.deMontmorencyandLafayette?Thatwasanobleexampletofollow,monsieur."

           "Why,"repliedDanglars,"notentirelyso;withtheservantsyouunderstand."

           "Isee;toyourdomesticsyouare‘mylord,’thejournalistsstyleyou‘monsieur,’whileyourconstituentscallyou‘citizen.’Thesearedistinctionsverysuitableunderaconstitutionalgovernment.Iunderstandperfectly.

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