The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Undoubtedly."

"Really, count, you do nothing, and have nothing like other people.
The slave of the Count of Monte Cristo! Why, it is a rank of itself in
France, and from the way in which you lavish money, it is a place that
must be worth a hundred thousand francs a year."

"A hundred thousand francs! The poor girl originally possessed much
more than that; she was born to treasures in comparison with which those
recorded in the 'Thousand and One Nights' would seem but poverty."

"She must be a princess then."

"You are right; and she is one of the greatest in her country too."

"I thought so. But how did it happen that such a great princess became a
slave?"