Shall we make a positive appointment for a particular day and hour?" inquired the count; "only let me warn you that I am proverbial for my punctilious exactitude in keeping my engagements.
Alexander DumasAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: July 24, 1802
- Died: December 5, 1870
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