The Count of Monte Cristo

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"I will say," continued the count, "that he followed and watched you the
whole time, and when he saw you leave the house, ran to the angle of the
wall to conceal himself."

"Did you see all that?"

"Remember my words: 'If you return home safely, I shall believe God has
forgiven you, and I will forgive you also.'"

"And you did not warn me!" cried Caderousse, raising himself on his
elbows. "You knew I should be killed on leaving this house, and did not
warn me!"

"No; for I saw God's justice placed in the hands of Benedetto, and
should have thought it sacrilege to oppose the designs of providence."

"God's justice! Speak not of it, reverend sir. If God were just, you