The Count of Monte Cristo

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"You pretend not to know,--because government was not rich enough."

"Ah, pardon me," said Chateau-Renaud; "I have heard of these things
every day during the last eight years, and I cannot understand them
yet."

"You will, by and by," said Debray.

"I think not," replied Chateau-Renaud.

"Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti and Count Andrea Cavalcanti," announced
Baptistin. A black satin stock, fresh from the maker's hands, gray
moustaches, a bold eye, a major's uniform, ornamented with three medals
and five crosses--in fact, the thorough bearing of an old soldier--such
was the appearance of Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti, that tender father
with whom we are already acquainted. Close to him, dressed in entirely
new clothes, advanced smilingly Count Andrea Cavalcanti, the dutiful