The Count of Monte Cristo

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world, as they told me. He has been travelling with a very severe tutor,
and had never been to Paris before."

"Ah, I believe noblemen marry amongst themselves, do they not?" asked
Danglars carelessly; "they like to unite their fortunes."

"It is usual, certainly; but Cavalcanti is an original who does nothing
like other people. I cannot help thinking that he has brought his son to
France to choose a wife."

"Do you think so?"

"I am sure of it."

"And you have heard his fortune mentioned?"

"Nothing else was talked of; only some said he was worth millions, and