The Count of Monte Cristo

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"No."

"Two millions?--three?--four? Come, four? I will give them to you on
condition that you let me go."

"Why do you offer me 4,000,000 for what is worth 5,000,000? This is a
kind of usury, banker, that I do not understand."

"Take all, then--take all, I tell you, and kill me!"

"Come, come, calm yourself. You will excite your blood, and that would
produce an appetite it would require a million a day to satisfy. Be more
economical."

"But when I have no more money left to pay you?" asked the infuriated
Danglars.