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The Messenger and the Name (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 10)
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In this episode of The Countdown of Monte Cristo, Villefort finally arrives at court—only to find that his greatest threat might not be Napoleon, but his own name. After riding nearly non-stop from Marseille, Villefort is poised to deliver the most urgent message of his life. But when King Louis XVIII learns who his father is, the room shifts.
Dumas lays bare the political hypocrisy of the Restoration: the regime must rely on the very sons of revolutionaries it once sought to destroy.
Key Events:
•Villefort’s name is finally revealed to the king, triggering immediate tension
•The king mocks Villefort’s exhausting journey by contrasting it with telegraph efficiency
•Blacas urges Louis XVIII to show gratitude, citing M. de Salvieux’s recommendation
•Louis reveals he knows Villefort’s father: Noirtier, a known Girondin and former senator
•The scene ends on a sharp question: how can the king trust the son of a revolutionary?
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