The Count of Monte Cristo

Refusal of Official Introduction

Refusal of Official Introduction Villefort suggests that Monte Cristo study the Spanish line, the one most in use at the time, and offers a letter of introduction to the minister so officials might explain its workings. Monte Cristo firmly declines, insisting that comprehension would destroy the mystery and reduce the telegraph to mere signs from M. Duchâtel or M. Montalivet transmitted to the prefect of Bayonne. He wishes to preserve the awe-inspiring image of the insect with black claws in his imagination rather than reduce it to two Greek words, têle and graphein.

Telegraph Route Directions

Telegraph Route Directions Concerned that nightfall will arrive within two hours and obscure the view, Villefort urges Monte Cristo to depart. He provides the route: the road to Bayonne, then the road to Châtillon, passing by the tower of Montlhéry. The Count thanks him and promises to share his impressions of the telegraph on Saturday.

Encounter with Disinheritance Notaries

Encounter with Disinheritance Notaries As Monte Cristo departs through the door, he meets the two notaries who have just completed the legal act disinheriting Valentine. They leave under the self-satisfied conviction that their work will reflect greatly upon their professional credit.

第六十一章 How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His

The Count of Monte Cristo travels to the Montlhéry telegraph tower, where he bribes the tower’s gardener to send a false telegraph reporting that Don Carlos has fled Bourges and returned to Spain. The false report prompts banker Danglars to sell all his Spanish bonds, triggering a temporary market drop; when the report is corrected as a fog-related telegraph error, Spanish fund values rebound, leaving Danglars with a total loss of 1 million francs. Monte Cristo later notes he paid 25,000 francs to execute the scheme, which he frames as discovering how a gardener can eliminate dormice stealing his peaches.