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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: something about it, did they not?"
"Then you believe the papers?"
"I? -- not the least in the world; only I fancied that the
honest Messager was an exception to the rule, and that it
only announced telegraphic despatches."
"Well, that's what puzzles me," replied Danglars; "the news
of the return of Don Carlos was brought by telegraph."
"So that," said Monte Cristo, "you have lost nearly
1,700,000 francs this month."
"Not nearly, indeed; that is exactly my loss."
"Diable," said Monte Cristo compassionately, "it is a hard
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