The Count of Monte Cristo

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"And," said Villefort, "is it at your house in the Champs-Elysees that
you receive your visitors?"

"No," said Monte Cristo, "which is precisely the reason which renders
your kindness more meritorious,--it is in the country."

"In the country?"

"Yes."

"Where is it, then? Near Paris, is it not?"

"Very near, only half a league from the Barriers,--it is at Auteuil."

"At Auteuil?" said Villefort; "true, Madame de Villefort told me you
lived at Auteuil, since it was to your house that she was taken. And in
what part of Auteuil do you reside?"