The Count of Monte Cristo

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"What can I know of him? He calls himself so. I, of course, give him the
same title, and every one else does likewise."

"What a strange man you are! What next? You say M. Danglars dined here?"

"Yes, with Count Cavalcanti, the marquis his father, Madame Danglars,
M. and Madame de Villefort,--charming people,--M. Debray, Maximilian
Morrel, and M. de Chateau-Renaud."

"Did they speak of me?"

"Not a word."

"So much the worse."

"Why so? I thought you wished them to forget you?"