The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Ah, they are my scourges."

"Tell me, should you have the misfortune to turn your head while your
right-hand correspondent was telegraphing"--

"I should not see him."

"Then what would happen?"

"I could not repeat the signals."

"And then?"

"Not having repeated them, through negligence, I should be fined."

"How much?"