Oh, that is charming

　　"Certainly you give a most commonplace air to yourexplanation, but it is not the less true that you -- Ah, butwhat do I hear?" and Morcerf inclined his head towards thedoor, through which sounds seemed to issue resembling thoseof a guitar.

　　"Ma foi, my dear viscount, you are fated to hear music thisevening; you have only escaped from Mademoiselle Danglars'piano, to be attacked by Haidee's guzla."

　　"Haidee -- what an adorable name! Are there, then, reallywomen who bear the name of Haidee anywhere but in Byron'spoems?"

　　"Certainly there are. Haidee is a very uncommon name inFrance, but is common enough in Albania and Epirus; it is asit you said, for example, Chastity, Modesty, Innocence, --it is a kind of baptismal name, as you Parisians call it."

　　"Oh, that is charming," said Albert, "how I should like tohear my countrywomen called Mademoiselle Goodness,Mademoiselle Silence, Mademoiselle Christian Charity! Onlythink, then, if Mademoiselle Danglars, instead of beingcalled Claire-Marie-Eugenie, had been named MademoiselleChastity-Modesty-Innocence Danglars; what a fine effect thatwould have produced on the announcement of her marriage!"

　　"Hush," said the count, "do not joke in so loud a tone;Haidee may hear you, perhaps."

　　"And you think she would be angry?"

　　"No, certainly not," said the count with a haughtyexpression.

　　"She is very amiable, then, is she not?" said Albert.

　　"It is not to be called amiability, it is her duty; a slavedoes not dictate to a master."

　　"Come; you are joking yourself now. Are there any moreslaves to be had who bear this beautiful name?"

　　"Undoubtedly."

　　"Really, count, you do nothing, and have nothing like otherpeople. The slave of the Count of Monte Cristo! Why, it is arank of itself in France, and from the way in which youlavish money, it is a place that must be worth a hundredthousand francs a year."

　　"A hundred thousand francs! The poor girl originallypossessed much more than that; she was born to treasures incomparison with which those recorded in the `Thousand andOne Nights' would seem but poverty."

　　"She must be a princess then."

　　"You are right; and she is one of the greatest in hercountry too."