1. I wonder about Debray considering marrying Eugénie. When his friends suggest he marry her as a friend of the family, do you think they know he’s been having an affair with her mom? Whether they know or not, it’s super creepy that he considers it himself. Do you think that would have been normal for the time period?

2. I’m a little disappointed in Villefort. He has known since the night of the dinner party that the count is really his enemy, but he seems to have completely forgotten about it. Here’s this super-rich guy who introduced everyone to this young prince, and when the prince turns out to be an imposter and murderer, shouldn’t he suspect the count is involved somehow?

3. I loved the level of irony in this chapter. Villefort and the Baroness talking about Benedetto as a tramp no one will cry for was pretty rich.

4. Villefort’s little speech about how no one has ever pardoned him also felt rich, considering what he did to Dantes to save his own skin.

Last line:

“There now! I had a fraud, I had three thefts, I had three cases of arson, all I lacked was a murder. And here it is: it will be a fine session."

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