With two of us digging, we can cover twice the ground. It'll only take us, oh... 8 years to reach the outer wall. [Edmond laughs] Ohh... and does something else demand your time? Some pressing appointment, perhaps?
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Edmond There are two thousand, three hundred and twenty-two blocks in my walls. I have counted them many times.
Abbe Faria Ahh! [laughs] But have you named them yet?
Edmond Why are you doing this?
Mondego Oh, it's... complicated.
Edmond Why? In God's name, why?
Mondego Because you are the son of a clerk, and I'm not supposed to want to be you!
Edmond There are 72,519 stones in my walls. I've counted them many times.
Abbe Faria But have you named them yet?
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