The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Ah, I understand," said Beauchamp, "on our friend Albert's account."

"On my account?" said the young man; "oh, no, indeed, the count will do
me the justice to assert that I have, on the contrary, always entreated
him to break off my engagement, and happily it is ended. The count
pretends I have not him to thank;--so be it--I will erect an altar Deo
ignoto."

"Listen," said Monte Cristo; "I have had little to do with it, for I am
at variance both with the father-in-law and the young man; there is only
Mademoiselle Eugenie, who appears but little charmed with the thoughts
of matrimony, and who, seeing how little I was disposed to persuade her
to renounce her dear liberty, retains any affection for me."

"And do you say this wedding is at hand?"

"Oh, yes, in spite of all I could say. I do not know the young man;