The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Yes," was the laconic reply. "You have found out that there is
something worth having about this large gentleman?"

"There is no great merit due to me, for we were informed of it."

"You know his business here, then."

"Pardieu, he has come to draw, but I don't know how much!"

"You will know presently, my friend."

"Very well, only do not give me false information as you did the other
day."

"What do you mean?--of whom do you speak? Was it the Englishman who
carried off 3,000 crowns from here the other day?"