The Count of Monte Cristo

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speak to me before my servant."

"How can I help that, my boy? I speak to you when I can catch you. You
have a quick horse, a light tilbury, you are naturally as slippery as an
eel; if I had missed you to-night, I might not have had another chance."

"You see, I do not conceal myself."

"You are lucky; I wish I could say as much, for I do conceal myself;
and then I was afraid you would not recognize me, but you did," added
Caderousse with his unpleasant smile. "It was very polite of you."

"Come," said Andrea, "what do you want?"

"You do not speak affectionately to me, Benedetto, my old friend, that
is not right--take care, or I may become troublesome." This menace
smothered the young man's passion. He urged the horse again into a trot.