The Count of Monte Cristo

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"No, I have never injured her."

"But you are rich, Valentine; you have 200,000 livres a year, and you
prevent her son from enjoying these 200,000. livres."

"How so? The fortune is not her gift, but is inherited from my
relations."

"Certainly; and that is why M. and Madame de Saint-Meran have died; that
is why M. Noirtier was sentenced the day he made you his heir; that
is why you, in your turn, are to die--it is because your father would
inherit your property, and your brother, his only son, succeed to his."

"Edward? Poor child! Are all these crimes committed on his account?"

"Ah, then you at length understand?"