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Too Dear! Is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1897. It is a humorous account of the troubles of dealing with a criminal in the kingdom of Monaco.
Monaco is small kingdom and the population is 7000. There is Real kinglet that has courtiers, ministers, bishop and generals. It is an army of 60 men. There is a tax on Tobacco, wine and a poll tax. The king receives special revenue from a gaming house
where people play, roulette. The owner of the gaming house receives money whether the players lose or win, he gets the percentage. And out of his profits, the owner pays a large sum to the prince because it is the only gambling establishment left in Europe. The Germans banned this play because people committed suicide but the prince of Monaco continued it because there is no another source to draw revenue. The king knows that it is a dirty business but he is helpless and runs it.
All is well in the kingdom of Monaco until a man commits a murder. The king had never had to deal with a murderer before, and after the judicial process had run its course and the man had been sentenced to death, he runs into considerable trouble trying to carry out the sentence. Monaco has no guillotine and no executioner, so they ask the government of France to see if they could borrow them. France offers to send a guillotine and an executioner for 16,000 francs. This would require levying more taxes, so the king tries requesting help from the king of Italy, but the cost would only be somewhat lower at 12.000 francs. The decision is made to simply keep the murderer imprisoned for life.
Life imprisonment, however, presents its own set of problems. There needs to be a guard at all times, and the man has to be fed. The yearly Costs are calculated to be 600 francs, which would still necessitate an increase of taxes. It is decided that the guard should be dismissed, even at the risk of losing the prisoner.
The Prisoner, however, does not try to escape and continues to eat the food provided by the government. The Minister of Justice decides that the criminal is not worth the trouble and asks him why he does not escape. The criminal responds that, he has nowhere to go in Monaco and that his reputation is ruined. He is finally given a pension by the government to remain in exile just outside of the country. It is a good thing that the murderer didn’t commit his crime in a country where they do not grudge expense to cut a man’s head off to keep him in prison for life.
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