The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Come, come, what then?"

"Patience--patience!"

"I am patient, but go on."

"All at once I see you pass through the barrier with a groom, a tilbury,
and fine new clothes. You must have discovered a mine, or else become a
stockbroker."

"So that, as you confess, you are jealous?"

"No, I am pleased--so pleased that I wished to congratulate you; but as
I am not quite properly dressed, I chose my opportunity, that I might
not compromise you."

"Yes, and a fine opportunity you have chosen!" exclaimed Andrea; "you