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"Yes," she said, " and that love has remained in your heart. One is only really in love once... Did you ever see her again? ...And have you forgiven her what she made you suffer?"

"Her I have forgiven, yes."

"But only her. You still hate those who separated you?"

Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

The plot thickens

Another villain sits face to face with the Count being showered with condescending praise while painfully unaware of the fierce vengeance that comes.

Dumas writes as if he's in theater. He describes the moments in which the Count meets the people of his past with great attention to the detail that matters: "... said Monte Cristo with one of those smiles that a painter could never represent or a physiologist analyze." This passage is while Monte Cristo sits across from one of his enemies who, in turn, has no idea of the invader in front of him.