The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Do you not think, on reflection," said he to him, "that you have done
wrong in thus speaking of your mother-in-law in the presence of M.
Debray?"

"My dear count," said Morcerf, "I beg of you not to apply that title so
prematurely."

"Now, speaking without any exaggeration, is your mother really so very
much averse to this marriage?"

"So much so that the baroness very rarely comes to the house, and my
mother, has not, I think, visited Madame Danglars twice in her whole
life."

"Then," said the count, "I am emboldened to speak openly to you.
M. Danglars is my banker; M. de Villefort has overwhelmed me with
politeness in return for a service which a casual piece of good fortune