The Count of Monte Cristo

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horse?"

"Do not alarm yourself, my dear Maximilian--they understand."

"I mean, because he wants petting. If you had seen at what a pace he
came--like the wind!"

"I should think so,--a horse that cost 5,000 francs!" said Monte Cristo,
in the tone which a father would use towards a son.

"Do you regret them?" asked Morrel, with his open laugh.

"I? Certainly not," replied the count. "No; I should only regret if the
horse had not proved good."

"It is so good, that I have distanced M. de Chateau-Renaud, one of the
best riders in France, and M. Debray, who both mount the minister's