The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Yes, yes," said Monte Cristo. His visitor appeared slightly uneasy.
"Let me see," said the count; "are you not the Marquis Bartolomeo
Cavalcanti?"

"Bartolomeo Cavalcanti," joyfully replied the Italian; "yes, I am really
he."

"Ex-major in the Austrian service?"

"Was I a major?" timidly asked the old soldier.

"Yes," said Monte Cristo "you were a major; that is the title the French
give to the post which you filled in Italy."

"Very good," said the major, "I do not demand more, you understand"--

"Your visit here to-day is not of your own suggestion, is it?" said