The Story (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 27 – Part 1)
In the dim light of the Pont du Gard inn, the abbé urges Caderousse to speak the truth about Edmond Dantès’ past — and Caderousse hesitates, gripped by fear of the powerful men his words may expose. T...
21 Nov 20259min
Caderousse Begins His Tale (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 18)
La Carconte withdraws to her room, warning her husband not to act rashly. But Caderousse, flushed with greed and fear, bolts the inn’s door and seats himself across from the abbé, ready to unburden hi...
20 Nov 202511min
The Diamond and the Temptation (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 17)
The abbé explains that Edmond Dantès’ diamond is to be divided into five shares—one each for Caderousse, Danglars, Fernand, Mercédès, and the late Edmond’s father, whose portion will now be shared amo...
19 Nov 20259min
The Temptation of the Diamond (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 16)
The abbé presses no further about Fernand or Danglars, but instead turns to the task he claims was entrusted to him by Edmond Dantès: the selling of a diamond worth fifty thousand francs. When he open...
18 Nov 20257min
Faithful Friends and False Hearts (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 15)
The abbé presses further: could Fernand, once called a “faithful friend,” truly have betrayed Edmond? From the stairs, La Carconte interrupts again, warning her husband to keep silent. But Caderousse,...
17 Nov 202510min
La Carconte’s Warning (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 14)
La Carconte cuts in sharply, mocking her husband’s “politeness” and warning him of the danger in revealing too much. Her words drip with suspicion—promises of safety, she says, always dissolve into mi...
16 Nov 20256min
The Death of Old Dantès (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 13)
The abbé presses for the truth, and Caderousse gives it with a grim pause: Edmond’s father did not die of illness, but of starvation. The words strike like a thunderbolt—too cruel to believe, and yet ...
15 Nov 20257min
The Inheritance Divided (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 26 – Part 12)
The abbé continues Edmond’s final instructions. The diamond, he says, was to be sold and its value divided into five equal shares: for Caderousse, for Danglars, for Fernand, for Mercédès—and for Edmon...
14 Nov 202510min
