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Rh "What did I tell you?" said the governor.

"You knew him," returned the inspector.

"What you ask is impossible, monsieur," continued he, addressing Faria.

"But" said the abbé, "I would speak to you of a large sum, amounting to five millions."

"The very figure you named," whispered, in his turn, the inspector.

"However" continued Faria, perceiving the inspector was about to depart, "it is not absolutely necessary we should be alone; monsieur the governor can be present."