The Count of Monte Cristo

Medical and Legal Authorities Arrive at the Scene

Medical and Legal Authorities Arrive at the Scene Approximately ten minutes after Monte Cristo’s pronouncement, the surgeon and M. de Villefort arrive. The surgeon comes with the porter, while the procureur arrives accompanied by Ali. They find the Abbé Busoni kneeling in prayer beside Caderousse’s body, bringing both medical and legal authority to the scene of death.

第八十四章 Beauchamp

The chapter opens with the aftermath of the attempted robbery at the Count of Monte Cristo’s residence, as Paris gossip turns to the murder of the robber Benedetto by his accomplice Caderousse, whose belongings and knife are deposited at the registry while the count himself claims ignorance of the affair, having been away at Auteuil and hearing the story only from Abbé Busoni. Three weeks later, public attention shifts toward the anticipated marriage of Mademoiselle Eugénie Danglars to Count Andrea Cavalcanti, a union the real father approves from Parma with promises of a substantial wedding gift, though Eugénie harbors secret dislike for her betrothed. Meanwhile, Albert Morcerf remains fixated on the perceived insult from Beauchamp’s newspaper regarding his father, until the journalist unexpectedly arrives at his home and reveals he has traveled to Yanina to investigate the truth about the accusation that a French officer named Fernand betrayed Ali Pasha’s castle, ultimately discovering devastating proof that the traitor was indeed Count Morcerf himself. Confronted with this evidence, Albert collapses in despair, fearing he must now face his father with this knowledge or else destroy himself and possibly his mother, until Beauchamp offers to destroy the incriminating documents and keep the secret, at which Albert tears and burns the papers in tearful gratitude while mourning the loss of his father’s untarnished name.