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           "ArichEnglishman,"continuedtheabbe,"whohadbeenhiscompanioninmisfortune,buthadbeenreleasedfromprisonduringthesecondrestoration,waspossessedofadiamondofimmensevalue;thisjewelhebestowedonDantesuponhimselfquittingtheprison,asamarkofhisgratitudeforthekindnessandbrotherlycarewithwhichDanteshadnursedhiminasevereillnessheunderwentduringhisconfinement.Insteadofemployingthisdiamondinattemptingtobribehisjailers,whomightonlyhavetakenitandthenbetrayedhimtothegovernor,Dantescarefullypreservedit,thatintheeventofhisgettingoutofprisonhemighthavewherewithaltolive,forthesaleofsuchadiamondwouldhavequitesufficedtomakehisfortune."

           "Then,Isuppose,"askedCaderousse,witheager,glowinglooks,"thatitwasastoneofimmensevalue?"

           "Why,everythingisrelative,"answeredtheabbe."TooneinEdmond’spositionthediamondcertainlywasofgreatvalue.Itwasestimatedatfiftythousandfrancs."

           "Blessme!"exclaimedCaderousse,"fiftythousandfrancs!Surelythediamondwasaslargeasanuttobeworthallthat."

           "No,"repliedtheabbe,"itwasnotofsuchasizeasthat;butyoushalljudgeforyourself.Ihaveitwithme."

           ThesharpgazeofCaderoussewasinstantlydirectedtowardsthepriest’sgarments,asthoughhopingtodiscoverthelocationofthetreasure.

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