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THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO.
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"Do you wish to speak to us?" asked Morrel.

"I have a letter to give you from the count."

"From the count!" murmured the two young people.

"Yes; read it."

Noirtier's Death.

Morrel opened the letter, and read:

"My Dear Maximillian:

"There is a felucea for you at anchor. Jacopo will conduct you to Leghorn, where M. Noirtier awaits his grand-daughter, whom he wishes to bless before you lead her to the altar. All that is in this grotto, my friend, my house in the Champs Elysées, and my