The Count of Monte Cristo

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"How was it that Dionysius the Tyrant became a schoolmaster? The fortune
of war, my dear viscount,--the caprice of fortune; that is the way in
which these things are to be accounted for."

"And is her name a secret?"

"As regards the generality of mankind it is; but not for you, my dear
viscount, who are one of my most intimate friends, and on whose silence
I feel I may rely, if I consider it necessary to enjoin it--may I not do
so?"

"Certainly; on my word of honor."

"You know the history of the Pasha  of Yanina, do you not?"

"Of Ali Tepelini? [*] Oh, yes; it was in his service that my father made
his fortune."