Death of General d’Épinay
The duel takes place on the frozen, snow-covered steps leading down to the river. The president, a far more skilled fencer, wounds General de Quesnel three times. When witnesses approach to help the fallen general, they find him bleeding, and he dies five minutes later. Franz is deeply shaken by reading the full account of his father’s previously mysterious murder, while Noirtier watches Villefort with an expression of undisguised contempt.
第七十五章 A Signed Statement
This chapter centers on the revelation of the identity of the man who killed Franz d’Épinay’s father, unfolding after Franz reads a signed witness statement detailing the circumstances of the general’s death, and culminating in a shocking confession from Noirtier de Villefort.
The Signed Statement
The Signed Statement Franz reads a formal, signed account from duel witnesses Beaurepaire, Duchampy, and Lecharpal, which confirms his father died in a fair, pre-agreed duel rather than an ambush, and was signed to prevent future accusations of murder or honor violations against the duel’s participants.
Franz Reads the Duel Account
Franz Reads the Duel Account Visibly shaken, Franz reads the full witness statement aloud to the assembled group, pausing to brush tears from his eyes as he processes the dreadful details of his father’s final moments.
The Body in the River
The Body in the River The witness account details that after confirming the general was dead, the duel witnesses threw his body into the river, leaving a trail of blood on the snow that marked the duel president’s path as he left the scene.
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