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"

How

have

I

deviated

from

those

principles

,

monsieur

?

"

asked

Monte

Cristo

,

who

could

not

help

looking

at

Morrel

with

so

much

intensity

,

that

two

or

three

times

the

young

man

had

been

unable

to

sustain

that

clear

and

piercing

glance

.

"

Why

,

it

seems

to

me

,

"

replied

Morrel

,

"

that

in

delivering

M.

de

Morcerf

,

whom

you

did

not

know

,

you

did

good

to

your

neighbor

and

to

society

.

"

"

Of

which

he

is

the

brightest

ornament

,

"

said

Beauchamp

,

drinking

off

a

glass

of

champagne

.

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"

My

dear

count

,

"

cried

Morcerf

,

"

you

are

at

fault

--

you

,

one

of

the

most

formidable

logicians

I

know

--

and

you

must

see

it

clearly

proved

that

instead

of

being

an

egotist

,

you

are

a

philanthropist

.

Ah

,

you

call

yourself

Oriental

,

a

Levantine

,

Maltese

,

Indian

,

Chinese

;

your

family

name

is

Monte

Cristo

;

Sinbad

the

Sailor

is

your

baptismal

appellation

,

and

yet

the

first

day

you

set

foot

in

Paris

you

instinctively

display

the

greatest

virtue

,

or

rather

the

chief

defect

,

of

us

eccentric

Parisians

--

that

is

,

you

assume

the

vices

you

have

not

,

and

conceal

the

virtues

you

possess

.

"

"

My

dear

vicomte

,

"

returned

Monte

Cristo

,

"

I

do

not

see

,

in

all

I

have

done

,

anything

that

merits

,

either

from

you

or

these

gentlemen

,

the

pretended

eulogies

I

have

received

.

You

were

no

stranger

to

me

,

for

I

knew

you

from

the

time

I

gave

up

two

rooms

to

you

,

invited

you

to

breakfast

with

me

,

lent

you

one

of

my

carriages

,

witnessed

the

Carnival

in

your

company

,

and

saw

with

you

from

a

window

in

the

Piazza

del

Popolo

the

execution

that

affected

you

so

much

that

you

nearly

fainted

.

I

will

appeal

to

any

of

these

gentlemen

,

could

I

leave

my

guest

in

the

hands

of

a

hideous

bandit

,

as

you

term

him

?

Besides

,

you

know

,

I

had

the

idea

that

you

could

introduce

me

into

some

of

the

Paris

salons

when

I

came

to

France

.

You

might

some

time

ago

have

looked

upon

this

resolution

as

a

vague

project

,

but

today

you

see

it

was

a

reality

,

and

you

must

submit

to

it

under

penalty

of

breaking

your

word

.

"

"

I

will

keep

it

,

"

returned

Morcerf

;

"

but

I

fear

that

you

will

be

much

disappointed

,

accustomed

as

you

are

to

picturesque

events

and

fantastic

horizons

.

Amongst

us

you

will

not

meet

with

any

of

those

episodes

with

which

your

adventurous

existence

has

so

familiarized

you

;

our

Chimborazo

is

Mortmartre

,

our

Himalaya

is

Mount

Valerien

,

our

Great

Desert

is

the

plain

of

Grenelle

,

where

they

are

now

boring

an

artesian

well

to

water

the

caravans

.

We

have

plenty

of

thieves

,

though

not

so

many

as

is

said

;

but

these

thieves

stand

in

far

more

dread

of

a

policeman

than

a

lord

.

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France

is

so

prosaic

,

and

Paris

so

civilized

a

city

,

that

you

will

not

find

in

its

eighty-five

departments

--

I

say

eighty-five

,

because

I

do

not

include

Corsica

--

you

will

not

find

,

then

,

in

these

eighty-five

departments

a

single

hill

on

which

there

is

not

a

telegraph

,

or

a

grotto

in

which

the

commissary

of

police

has

not

put

up

a

gaslamp

.

There

is

but

one

service

I

can

render

you

,

and

for

that

I

place

myself

entirely

at

your

orders

,

that

is

,

to

present

,

or

make

my

friends

present

,

you

everywhere

;

besides

,

you

have

no

need

of

any

one

to

introduce

you

--

with

your

name

,

and

your

fortune

,

and

your

talent

"

(

Monte

Cristo

bowed

with

a

somewhat

ironical

smile

)

"

you

can

present

yourself

everywhere

,

and

be

well

received

.

I

can

be

useful

in

one

way

only

--

if

knowledge

of

Parisian

habits

,

of

the

means

of

rendering

yourself

comfortable

,

or

of

the

bazaars

,

can

assist

,

you

may

depend

upon

me

to

find

you

a

fitting

dwelling

here

.

I

do

not

dare

offer

to

share

my

apartments

with

you

,

as

I

shared

yours

at

Rome

--

I

,

who

do

not

profess

egotism

,

but

am

yet

egotist

par

excellence

;

for

,

except

myself

,

these

rooms

would

not

hold

a

shadow

more

,

unless

that

shadow

were

feminine

.

"

"

Ah

,

"

said

the

count

,

"

that

is

a

most

conjugal

reservation

;

I

recollect

that

at

Rome

you

said

something

of

a

projected

marriage

.

May

I

congratulate

you

?

"

"

The

affair

is

still

in

projection

.

"

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