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           "Isaidamillion,"repliedDanglars,withtheconfidenceofignorance.

           "ButcouldIdowithamillion?"retortedthecount."Mydearsir,ifatriflelikethatcouldsufficeme,Ishouldneverhavegivenmyselfthetroubleofopeninganaccount.Amillion?ExcusemysmilingwhenyouspeakofasumIaminthehabitofcarryinginmypocket-bookordressing-case."AndwiththesewordsMonteCristotookfromhispocketasmallcasecontaininghisvisiting-cards,anddrewforthtwoordersonthetreasuryfor500,000francseach,payableatsighttothebearer.AmanlikeDanglarswaswhollyinaccessibletoanygentlermethodofcorrection.Theeffectofthepresentrevelationwasstunning;hetrembledandwasonthevergeofapoplexy.Thepupilsofhiseyes,ashegazedatMonteCristodilatedhorribly.

           "Come,come,"saidMonteCristo,"confesshonestlythatyouhavenotperfectconfidenceinThomson&French.Iunderstand,andforeseeingthatsuchmightbethecase,Itook,inspiteofmyignoranceofaffairs,certainprecautions.See,herearetwosimilarletterstothatyouhaveyourselfreceived;onefromthehouseofArstein&EskelesofVienna,toBaronRothschild,theotherdrawnbyBaringofLondon,uponM.Laffitte.Now,sir,youhavebuttosaytheword,andIwillspareyoualluneasinessbypresentingmyletterofcredittooneorotherofthesetwofirms.

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