The Count of Monte Cristo

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"No one told me you were, but you have frequently been seen at the opera
with a young and lovely woman."

"She is a slave whom I bought at Constantinople, madame, the daughter of
a prince. I have adopted her as my daughter, having no one else to love
in the world."

"You live alone, then?"

"I do."

"You have no sister--no son--no father?"

"I have no one."

"How can you exist thus without any one to attach you to life?"