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"And I, sir," said Danglars, "shall be most happy to receive you" Upon which he offered to take Cavalcanti in his carriage to the Hotel des Princes, if it would not be depriving him of the co that for some time past his son had lived independently of hies, and that not having coether, it would not be difficult for them to leave separately The lars, as more and more charmed with the ideas of order and econo able to allow his son 60,000 francs a year, ht be supposed to possess a fortune of 500,000 or 600,000 livres

As for Andrea, he began, by way of showing off, to scold his groo the tilbury to the steps of the house, had taken it to the outer door, thus giving hiroom heard him with humility, took the bit of the iht held out the reins to Andrea, who, taking thehtly on the step At thatlars or Monte Cristo had forgotten so they wished to tell hi But instead of either of these, he saw nothing but a strange face, sunburnt, and encircled by a beard, with eyes brilliant as carbuncles, and a smile upon the mouth which displayed a perfect set of white teeth, pointed and sharp as the wolf's or jackal's A red handkerchief encircled his gray head; torn and filthy garh, like those of a skeleton, they would rattle as he walked; and the hand hich he leaned upon the youngAndrea saw, seenize that face by the light of the lantern in his tilbury, or was he ator? We cannot say; but only relate the fact that he shuddered and stepped back suddenly "What do you want of me?" he asked

"Pardon me, my friend, if I disturb you," said the man with the red handkerchief, "but I want to speak to you"

"You have no right to beg at night," said the groo to rid his master of the troublesome intruder