Comments | osprey_archer: Count of Monte Cristo: Chapter 75

osprey_archer

Count of Monte Cristo: Chapter 75

Dec 01, 2016 19:23

I'm about two thirds of the way through this book, and at last the Count's carefully laid plans are beginning to bear fruit! At least, his plans against Villefort and Danglars are; I'm not sure what his plan against Fernand is, and it's making me nervous.

And CLEARLY ( Spoilers! )

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lost_spook December 2 2016, 08:24:26 UTC

GOOD TIMES. ;-)

evelyn_b December 3 2016, 01:23:44 UTC

I am NOT looking at your spoilers until I catch up! Finally got to read through Chapter 58 today, and. . . what on earth is Dantes plotting with this fake father-son duo? I noticed he set them up with accounts at M. Danglars' bank, but why? I love that he has secret peepholes everywhere, because obviously he does.

ALSO RUNAWAY LESBIAN ALERT. Eugenie "almost wishes her father would lose his fortune" so she could be an artist like her friend Louise. ARTISTS IN LOVE? Be careful what you almost wish for, Eugenie! I hear those garrets get hella cold and damp.

osprey_archer December 3 2016, 12:53:23 UTC

It's still not clear to me what Dantes is planning with the Cavalcantis, but my theory is that he's going to use them to suck Danglars' bank dry. Clearly a bankruptcy would destroy Danglars.

Surely Eugenie and Louise wouldn't spend too long in a garret, though! Louise would be a great triumph on the stage and they could settle into a luxurious apartment together. Meanwhile, Eugenie's father will live in a hovel somewhere, bemoaning his lost fortune.

evelyn_b December 4 2016, 02:44:38 UTC

WE CAN ONLY HOPE. And. . . and the younger Fake Cavalcanti is really Bertuccio's disappointing stolen son??? So the Count must have contacted him specifically for his connection with M. de Villefort. But why??? Oh, Dumas, how I've missed your wacky plot twists.

Right now, Danglars is just idly plucking flowers off one of the Count's plants, because that's our Danglars. He is distracted because he just lost a million francs due to Dantes bribing the telegraph guys to make a false report (but he doesn't know that part of it). Dumas then makes sure to have him try the same thing with a cactus and get his fingers pricked. HA-ha!