The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Indeed?" said Albert.

"Yes; and as I am just now excessively annoyed, I shall go from home.
Shall we go together?"

"You annoyed, count?" said Beauchamp; "and by what?"

"Ah, you think very lightly of it; I should like to see you with a brief
preparing in your house."

"What brief?"

"The one M. de Villefort is preparing against my amiable assassin--some
brigand escaped from the gallows apparently."

"True," said Beauchamp; "I saw it in the paper. Who is this Caderousse?"