and Monte Cristo drew another packet from his pocket. > “Here are ten thousand more francs,” he said, “with the fifteen thousand already in your pocket, they will make twenty-five thousand. With five thousand you can buy a pretty little house with two acres of land; the remaining twenty thousand will bring you in a thousand francs a
“A garden with two acres of land!”
“And a thousand francs a year.”
“Oh, heavens!”
“Come, take them,” and Monte Cristo forced the banknotes into his hand.
“What am I to do?”
“Nothing very difficult.”
“But what is it?”
“To repeat these signs.”