The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Ah, to be sure, I have not answered you; be satisfied, we shall have
this 'lion;' we are among the privileged ones."

"Were you at the opera yesterday?"

"No."

"He was there."

"Ah, indeed? And did the eccentric person commit any new originality?"

"Can he be seen without doing so? Elssler was dancing in the 'Diable
Boiteux;' the Greek princess was in ecstasies. After the cachucha he
placed a magnificent ring on the stem of a bouquet, and threw it to
the charming danseuse, who, in the third act, to do honor to the gift,
reappeared with it on her finger. And the Greek princess,--will she be
here?"