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"Who wrote to Yanina?"

"To Yanina?"

"Yes Who wrote for particulars concerning ine any one may write to Yanina"

"But one person only wrote!"

"One only?"

"Yes; and that was you!"

"I, doubtless, wrote It appears tohis faht, but a duty"

"You wrote, sir, knohat answer you would receive"

"I, indeed? I assure you," cried Danglars, with a confidence and security proceeding less fro man, "I soleht of writing to Yanina, did I know anything of Ali Pasha's ed you to write? Tellin the world I was speaking of your father's past history I said the origin of his fortune remained obscure The person to whom I addressed my scruples asked me where your father had acquired his property? I answered, 'In Greece'--'Then,' said he, 'write to Yanina'"

"And who thus advised you?"

"No other than your friend, Monte Cristo"

"The Count of Monte Cristo told you to write to Yanina?"

"Yes; and I wrote, and will show you my correspondence, if you like" Albert and Beauchamp looked at each other "Sir," said Beauchamp, who had not yet spoken, "you appear to accuse the count, who is absent from Paris at this moment, and cannot justify hilars; "I relate, and I will repeat before the count what I have said to you"

"Does the count knohat answer you received?"

"Yes; I showed it to him"

"Did he know my father's Christian nao?"

"Yes, I had told hi since, and I did only what any other would have done in my circumstances, and perhaps less When, the day after the arrival of this answer, your father cahter's hand for you, I decidedly refused him, but without any explanation or exposure In short, why should I have any race of M de Morcerf affect me? It neither increased nor decreasedto his brow; there was no doubt upon the subject Danglars defended himself with the baseness, but at the same time with the assurance, of a man who speaks the truth, at least in part, if not wholly--not for conscience' sake, but through fear Besides, as Morcerf seeking? It was not whether Danglars or Monte Cristo was uilty; it was aor serious; it was a ht And, in addition to this, everything forgotten or unperceived before presented itself now to his recollection Monte Cristo knew everything, as he had bought the daughter of Ali Pasha; and, knowing everything, he had advised Danglars to write to Yanina The answer known, he had yielded to Albert's wish to be introduced to Haidee, and allowed the conversation to turn on the death of Ali, and had not opposed Haidee's recital (but having, doubtless, warned the young girl, in the few Romaic words he spoke to her, not to ied of Morcerf not to mention his father's name before Haidee? Lastly, he had taken Albert to Normandy when he knew the final bloas near There could be no doubt that all had been calculated and previously arranged; Monte Cristo then was in league with his father's enemies Albert took Beauchamp aside, and communicated these ideas to him