The Fifth of October

It was about six o’clock in the evening; an opal-coloured light, through which an autumnal sun shed its golden rays, was sinking into the blue sea. The heat of the day had gradually decreased, and a light breeze now arose, like nature breathing on...

The Judge

We remember that the Abbé Busoni remained alone with Noirtier in the chamber of death, and that the old man and the priest were the sole guardians of the young girl’s body. Perhaps it was the Christian exhortations of the abbé, perhaps his kind...

The Division

The first floor of the house in the Rue Saint-Germain-des-Prés, chosen by Albert and Madame de Morcerf for their residence, consisting of one room, was let to a very mysterious person. This was a man, whose face the concierge himself had never seen; for...

The Cemetery of Père-la-Chaise

M. de Boville had indeed seen the funeral procession which conducted Valentine to her last home on earth. The weather was dull and stormy, a cold wind shook the few remaining yellow leaves from the trees and scattered them amongst the crowd which...

The Suicide

Meanwhile Monte Cristo had also returned to town with Emmanuel and Maximilian. Their return was cheerful. Emmanuel did not conceal his joy at having seen peace succeed war, and acknowledged aloud his philanthropic tastes. Morrel, in a corner of the carriage, allowed his brother-in-law’s...

The Challenge

‘Then,’ continued Beauchamp, ‘I took advantage of the silence and the darkness to leave the house without being seen. The porter who had let me in was waiting for me at the door, and he led me through the corridors to a side...

The Journey

Monte Cristo uttered a joyful exclamation on seeing the young men together. ‘Ah, ah!’ said he, ‘I hope all is over, explained and settled.’ ‘Yes,’ said Beauchamp; ‘the absurd reports have died away, and should they be renewed, I would be the first to oppose...

A Signed Statement

Noirtier was prepared to receive them, dressed in black, and installed in his arm-chair. When the three persons he expected had entered, he looked at the door, which his valet immediately closed. ‘Listen,’ whispered Villefort to Valentine, who could not conceal her joy; ‘if M....

The Villefort Family Vault

Two days later, a considerable crowd gathered, towards ten o’clock in the morning, round the door of M. de Villefort’s house, and a long file of mourning-coaches and private carriages extended along the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Rue de la Pépinière. Among them was...

The Inquiry

M. de Villefort kept the promise he had made to Madame Danglars to try to find out how the Count of Monte Cristo had discovered the history of the house at Auteuil. He wrote the same day to M. de Boville, who, from...