The Count of Monte Cristo

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coach-house at the right-hand side where the ladders are kept. Well,
over that coach-house are the servants' rooms, with bells corresponding
with the different apartments."

"Ah, diable--bells did you say?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing! I only say they cost a load of money to hang, and what is
the use of them, I should like to know?"

"There used to be a dog let loose in the yard at night, but it has been
taken to the house at Auteuil, to that you went to, you know."

"Yes."

"I was saying to him only yesterday, 'You are imprudent, Monsieur Count;