The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Well, listen, Morcerf."

"Ah, Beauchamp, I see you know something already; you will restore me to
life."

"I do not say there is any truth in what I am going to tell you, but it
is, at least, a ray of light in a dark night; by following it we may,
perhaps, discover something more certain."

"Tell me; satisfy my impatience."

"Well, I will tell you what I did not like to mention on my return from
Yanina."

"Say on."

"I went, of course, to the chief banker of the town to make inquiries.