The Count of Monte Cristo

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"No, he arrived accompanied simply by the guest I am going to present to
you."

"Ah, this gentleman is a Hercules killing Cacus, a Perseus freeing
Andromeda."

"No, he is a man about my own size."

"Armed to the teeth?"

"He had not even a knitting-needle."

"But he paid your ransom?"

"He said two words to the chief and I was free."

"And they apologized to him for having carried you off?" said Beauchamp.