The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Why, as to that--I think, my dear son, you must be by this time so
accustomed to France as to look upon it almost as a second country."

"The fact is," said the young man, "that I should be exceedingly grieved
to leave it."

"As for me, you must know I cannot possibly live out of Lucca; therefore
I shall return to Italy as soon as I can."

"But before you leave France, my dear father, I hope you will put me
in possession of the documents which will be necessary to prove my
descent."

"Certainly; I am come expressly on that account; it has cost me much
trouble to find you, but I had resolved on giving them into your hands,
and if I had to recommence my search, it would occupy all the few
remaining years of my life."