The Count of Monte Cristo

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"What on earth are you talking of?"

"I am to fight to-day."

"For what?"

"I am going to fight"--

"Yes, I understand that, but what is the quarrel? People fight for all
sorts of reasons, you know."

"I fight in the cause of honor."

"Ah, that is something serious."

"So serious, that I come to beg you to render me a service."