The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Yes, if it isn't contrary to the rules."

"Oh, no," said the gardener; "not in the least, since there is no danger
that anyone can possibly understand what we are saying."

"I have been told," said the count, "that you do not always yourselves
understand the signals you repeat."

"That is true, sir, and that is what I like best," said the man,
smiling.

"Why do you like that best?"

"Because then I have no responsibility. I am a machine then, and nothing
else, and so long as I work, nothing more is required of me."

"Is it possible," said Monte Cristo to himself, "that I can have met