The Count of Monte Cristo

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"But you only asked 100,000 francs for a fowl!"

"We have a fixed price for all our provisions. It signifies nothing
whether you eat much or little--whether you have ten dishes or one--it
is always the same price."

"What, still keeping up this silly jest? My dear fellow, it is perfectly
ridiculous--stupid! You had better tell me at once that you intend
starving me to death."

"Oh, dear, no, your excellency, unless you intend to commit suicide. Pay
and eat."

"And what am I to pay with, brute?" said Danglars, enraged. "Do you
suppose I carry 100,000 francs in my pocket?"

"Your excellency has 5,050,000 francs in your pocket; that will be fifty