1. In his diligent actions to discover the whereabouts of the child, does Villefort seem like the count? If there is a parallel, does it change your evaluation of either man?

2. We see Madame Danglars in a much different light, aware of her moral failings and of the justness of punishment; does seeing her in this chapter change your opinion of her? And do you think the count could be at all moved by remorse on the part of those he plans to ruin?

3. Are the fragments of the story about Benedetto a mirror of the fragments of linen marked with an “H”?

Final sentence of chapter:

“Mme Danglars hailed another cab, which took her back to the passage, at the far end of which she found her own carriage and her coachman who had been sleeping peacefully on his seat while waiting for her return.”

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