The Count of Monte Cristo

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"To be sure,--why not?"

"And you visit him?--meet him at your own house and elsewhere?"

"I assure you he is my most intimate friend, and M. de Chateau-Renaud
has also the honor of his acquaintance."

"But why are you so sure of his being the winner of the Jockey Club
prize?"

"Was not the winning horse entered by the name of Vampa?"

"What of that?"

"Why, do you not recollect the name of the celebrated bandit by whom I
was made prisoner?"