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Economic Point of

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Historical
Background:
The story begins
in 1810 in France,
where Napoleonic wars
(1803-1815) took
place.

The dowry of his wife amounted to fifty


thousand crowns.
And from this letter, which might have ruined
me, I will make my fortune.
The man he scarified to his ambition, that
innocent victim immolated on the altar of his
father's faults.

My real treasure is not that, my dear friend,


which awaits me beneath the sombre ro it is
your presence, our living together ...
It is a beautiful diamond left by poor Edmond
. The jewel is worth at least fifty thousand
francs.

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