The Count of Monte Cristo

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"What man?" said Andrea carelessly, apparently forgetting him whom he
but too well recollected.

"Him to whom your excellency pays that little annuity."

"Oh," said Andrea, "my father's old servant. Well, you gave him the two
hundred francs I had left for him?"

"Yes, your excellency." Andrea had expressed a wish to be thus
addressed. "But," continued the porter, "he would not take them." Andrea
turned pale, but as it was dark his pallor was not perceptible. "What?
he would not take them?" said he with slight emotion.

"No, he wished to speak to your excellency; I told him you were gone
out, and after some dispute he believed me and gave me this letter,
which he had brought with him already sealed."