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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
as he is, he is not much out in what he says. Absence severs as well as death, and if the walls of a prison were between Edmond and Mercédès they would be as effectually separated as if he lay under a tombstone: "Yes; only people get out of prison," said Caderousse, who, with what
sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, "and when they get out, and their names are Edmond Dantès, they revenge———"
"What matters that?" muttered Fernand,
"And why, I should like to know," persisted Caderousse, "should they put Dantès in prison? he has neither robbed, nor killed, nor murdered."
"Hold your tongue!" said Danglars.
