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Rh "Let me assure you, madame," said Lucien, "that had I really the sum you mention at my disposal, I would employ it more profitably than in obtaining particulars respecting the Count of Monte-Cristo, whose only merit in my eyes consists in his being twice as rich as a

nabob. However, I have turned the business over to Morcerf, so pray settle it with him. I care nothing more about it."

"I am very sure no nabob would have sent me a pair of horses worth thirty-two thousand francs, wearing on their heads four diamonds valued at five thousand francs each."