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Count of Monte Cristo Chap. 103 thru 108
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Yet another cliffhanger... Bertuccio does not yet reveal to Benedetto who his father is. Dumas is laying it on a bit thick here at the end.
He really draws out the ruin of de Villefort.
I'm disappointed in our Dantes ... I was a little shocked at his attitude toward the deaths in the de Villefort household - oh, someone else bought it, eh? Ooo, was it the old man? The girl? *chuckle* So once he knows Maximilen's feelings, he steps in - and then Valentine "dies", causing Noirtier incredible pain (really, would it have hurt to drop him a whisper in the middle of the night? He's a complete paralytic, it's not as if he's going to give away the game) - and causing Maximilien equal pain ... Takes the time on the day of the funeral to stop off and rob Danglars blind, and then stop off at the bank and deposit the bearer bonds. When he finally gets to the burial he takes a moment with Maximilien, but lets him wander off (and I worried for a second when he headed for a bridge) ... then follows him home and breaks in to stop him from anything extreme? Wha- ? What if he'd been even further delayed? I mean - what if there'd been a line at the bank or something? (I know, he's the Count of Monte Cristo - no bank manager would dare keep him waiting, but still.) Maximilien was just a few minutes away from eating his pistol - wasn't that cutting it a wee tad bit fine, besides causing untold anguish to someone for whom he claims the role of benefactor? I was also a little put out at the general attitude toward Valentine's "death" - I kind of hope it's the translation or the reading, but it just seemed like there was a general boredom. Ick.
Okay, I'll stop venting now and go try to finish listening! Only five more hours!
The Count is NOT a nice guy! I think he was written that way, at least in this part of the story. Let's see what you think of him by the end.
I knew he wasn't nice... That was mostly carved out of him, like an apple core. I just didn't expect him to not care about an innocent girl being wiped out by the poisoner he enabled. And I kind of expected he'd be a little more careful of one of the Morrels. I need to stop having expectations!
fivemorehours ... fivemorehours... I can do it... five... more... hours...
It bothered me that in his eyes Valentine was just another de Villefort. He set out to "visit the sins of the fathers on the sons, and sons of sons" sort of thing. It did add to the tension of the story to know what the reader knew about Morrel and Valentine, and to know that the Count didn't. I was waiting to see how much his scheme of revenge blows up in his face. I feel the same way about his relationship with Albert.
Chapter 108 ends as M. de Villefort leaves his wife's room.