The Count of Monte Cristo

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"By circumstances?"

"No; by you."

"By me? Not at all, prince," said Monte Cristo laying a marked stress
on the title, "what have I done for you? Are not your name, your social
position, and your merit sufficient?"

"No," said Andrea,--"no; it is useless for you to say so, count. I
maintain that the position of a man like you has done more than my name,
my social position, and my merit."

"You are completely mistaken, sir," said Monte Cristo coldly, who felt
the perfidious manoeuvre of the young man, and understood the bearing
of his words; "you only acquired my protection after the influence
and fortune of your father had been ascertained; for, after all, who
procured for me, who had never seen either you or your illustrious