Days and weeks passed away, then months — dantes still waited; he at first expected to be freed in a fortnight.

日子一天天，一个星期一个星期地过去了，后来是一个月一个月地过去了，唐太斯仍然处在期待之中。他最初预计可在两个星期以内释放。

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Thus dantes, who but three months before had no desire but liberty had now not liberty enough, and panted for wealth.

三个月之前，唐太斯除了自由以外原是别无所求的，现在，光有自由已不够了，他还渴望财富。

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The following morning Jacopo set sail for Marseilles, with directions from dantes to join him at the Island of Monte Cristo.

第二天早晨，雅格布扬帆向马赛驶去，唐太斯和他约好在基督山岛相会。

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He trained himself to be wealthy just as Dantes cultivated himself as a Count.

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Gatsby and Dantes had personal benefactors, neither of them being the state.

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There's also a co-story credit for one Edmond Dantes, the pen name affected by John Hughes for his lesser work, some of which sat on a shelf for years.

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