The Count of Monte Cristo

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"No, you will lose it, for you are going to alter your correspondent's
message."

"Oh, sir, what are you proposing?"

"A jest."

"Sir, unless you force me"--

"I think I can effectually force you;" and Monte Cristo drew another
packet from his pocket. "Here are ten thousand more francs," he said,
"with the fifteen thousand already in your pocket, they will make
twenty-five thousand. With five thousand you can buy a pretty little
house with two acres of land; the remaining twenty thousand will bring
you in a thousand francs a year."

"A garden with two acres of land!"