The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Who are you, then? Who are you?"

"I am the spectre of a wretch you buried in the dungeons of the Chateau
d'If. God gave that spectre the form of the Count of Monte Cristo when
he at length issued from his tomb, enriched him with gold and diamonds,
and led him to you!"

"Ah, I recognize you--I recognize you!" exclaimed the king's attorney;
"you are"--

"I am Edmond Dantes!"

"You are Edmond Dantes," cried Villefort, seizing the count by the
wrist; "then come here!" And up the stairs he dragged Monte Cristo; who,
ignorant of what had happened, followed him in astonishment, foreseeing
some new catastrophe. "There, Edmond Dantes!" he said, pointing to the
bodies of his wife and child, "see, are you well avenged?" Monte Cristo