“‘And now,’ said the unknown, ‘farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude. Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven’s substitute to recompense the good - now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!” - Alexandre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo)


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