The Count of Monte Cristo

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"I bequeath to Maximilian Morrel, captain of Spahis,--and son of my
former patron, Pierre Morrel, shipowner at Marseilles,--the sum of
twenty millions, a part of which may be offered to his sister Julia and
brother-in-law Emmanuel, if he does not fear this increase of fortune
may mar their happiness. These twenty millions are concealed in my
grotto at Monte Cristo, of which Bertuccio knows the secret. If his
heart is free, and he will marry Haidee, the daughter of Ali Pasha of
Yanina, whom I have brought up with the love of a father, and who
has shown the love and tenderness of a daughter for me, he will thus
accomplish my last wish. This will has already constituted Haidee
heiress of the rest of my fortune, consisting of lands, funds in
England, Austria, and Holland, furniture in my different palaces and
houses, and which without the twenty millions and the legacies to my
servants, may still amount to sixty millions."

He was finishing the last line when a cry behind him made him start, and
the pen fell from his hand. "Haidee," said he, "did you read it?"