The Count of Monte Cristo

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money for the charity fund, and I seemed to be robbing them if I did not
pay them with these precise bonds. How absurd--as if one crown were
not as good as another. Excuse me;" and he began to laugh loudly, but
nervously.

"Certainly, I excuse you," said Monte Cristo graciously, "and pocket
them." And he placed the bonds in his pocket-book.

"But," said Danglars, "there is still a sum of one hundred thousand
francs?"

"Oh, a mere nothing," said Monte Cristo. "The balance would come to
about that sum; but keep it, and we shall be quits."

"Count," said Danglars, "are you speaking seriously?"

"I never joke with bankers," said Monte Cristo in a freezing manner,