The Count of Monte Cristo

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"You are charged with a letter of introduction addressed to me, are you
not?" said the count.

"I did not mention that, because the signature seemed to me so strange."

"The letter signed 'Sinbad the Sailor,' is it not?"

"Exactly so. Now, as I have never known any Sinbad, with the exception
of the one celebrated in the 'Thousand and One Nights'"--

"Well, it is one of his descendants, and a great friend of mine; he is a
very rich Englishman, eccentric almost to insanity, and his real name is
Lord Wilmore."

"Ah, indeed? Then that explains everything that is extraordinary,"
said Andrea. "He is, then, the same Englishman whom I met--at--ah--yes,
indeed. Well, monsieur, I am at your service."