Villafort leaves his wife on the evening of his marriage to take a message to the King that there is a plot against him, hoping that he will endear himself to the king and thus rise in stature as a result.  His conscience bothers him somewhat as he knows he is condemning innocent Dantes to a sure death but not so much that he backs off his evil deed. Mercedes stops him briefly to inquire of the fate of  Dantes but he doesnt give her the time of day.

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Dantes is escorted out of Villaforte's office and placed on a small boat with gendarmes who inform him that he is headed for an island prison. When the reality hits him that Villaforte has deceived him he tries to jump overboard. 

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Dantes is questioned by Villaforte and at one point he seems to sympathize with Dantes, even promising to set him free. But just before he dismisses him,Villaforte reads to letter that was entrusted to Dantes by his dying captain.....

We are introduced to Villafort (the young judge who will question Dantes) and note that his father Nortier was hung as a Bonapartist traitor and that his bride to be wants him to be fair in his scheduled trials where he willdecide life and death

In chapter five we have a pre-wedding dinner at which the friends of Dantes gather to cerlebrate his marriage to Mercedes. The evil Danglers and his dupe, the jealous Fernand are there as well as the police come to arrest Dantes.

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Chapter 3: The Catalans

Dante visits Mercedes and finds her in the company of Fernand Mondego, who loves her and leaves in a rage after she embraces Dantes passionately. Soon after,Fernand meets Danglars and Catarousse, and Danglers says he has a plan to get dantes out of the way.

Chapter 4: 

Danglersshares his plan to have Dantes imprisoned and launches his plan by drafting a letter written in his left hand that appears to implicate Dantes in a crime.

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The story of the Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most popular adventure novels ever writte, and deals with the way in which an innocent young man deals with a terrible injustice created for him by other men who were jealous of his achievements and his love for a Catalan woman who he intended to marry.  His pursuit for revenge against those who wronged him  raises moral questions about the consequences of vengeance and its impact on both the avenger and his targets.It is copunted in the top 100 of all the novels ever written.

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We are leaving the story as our trio relates their last chapter. They have spent their last two days on the river soaking wet, miserable, starved and dejected, although our narrator still finds humor in their situation and it appears Montmorency had a great day at their last landing finding fights with other dogs.  All in all, its a fun story, but one which rambles through some memories as their rickety boat flaots down and sometimes is rowed upriver. 

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They finally do get the boat into the river as our narrator just sort of daydreams his way along- sharing whatever crosses his mind. All of which is a very rich tapestry of life with some old English history thrown in.  

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The planning for the trip gets intense while our narrator recalls a similarity between Harris and his old Uncle Podger.

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