atlas
/ˈætləs/ noun C2- A rich satin fabric.
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“It is a great honor to me,” returned Monte Cristo, “to be thus, on the first day of my arrival in Paris, brought in contact with a man whose merit equals his reputation, and to whom fortune has for once been equitable, but has she not still on the plains of Mitidja, or in the mountains of Atlas, a marshal’s staff to offer you?”
A dog-eared atlas in the glove compartment often bears the faded pencil marks and coffee stains of countless past adventures.
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