“ ‘Then,’ remarked the president, ‘the Count of Monte Cristo knows nothing of your present proceedings?’⁠—‘He is quite unaware of them, and I have but one fear, which is that he should disapprove of what I have done. But it is a glorious day for me,’ continued the young girl, raising her ardent gaze to heaven, ‘that on which I find at last an opportunity of avenging my father!’

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