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"These words had been pronounced with such enthusiasm and evident truth, that every eye was fixed on the count's forehead, and he himself passed his hand across it, as if he felt Ali's blood still lingering there. 'You positively recognize M. de Morcerf as the officer, Fernand Mondego? 'Indeed I do! cried Haidee.
"My dear Franz," replied Albert, "when, upon receipt of my letter, you found the necessity of asking the count's assistance, you promptly went to him, saying, 'My friend Albert de Morcerf is in danger; help me to deliver him. Was not that nearly what you said?" "It was."
"Well," said he to Morcerf, "but I think your father will not be the only angry one; M. and Madame Danglars will think me a very ill-mannered person. They know that I am intimate with you that you are, in fact; one of the oldest of my Parisian acquaintances and they will not find you at my house; they will certainly ask me why I did not invite you.
"Well, M. de Morcerf and I have talked about this marriage, but Madame de Morcerf and Albert" "You do not mean to say that it would not be a good match?" "Indeed, I imagine that Mademoiselle Danglars is as good as M. de Morcerf." "Mademoiselle Danglars' fortune will be great, no doubt, especially if the telegraph should not make any more mistakes."
"Well, baron," said he, "here I am at last; some time has elapsed since our plans were formed, and they are not yet executed." Morcerf paused at these words, quietly waiting till the cloud should have dispersed which had gathered on the brow of Danglars, and which he attributed to his silence; but, on the contrary, to his great surprise, it grew darker and darker.
Was Edmond Dantes to be blamed if he, after he had discovered all this, took the law in his own hands and began to execute his vengeance? Danglars was his first victim. He ruined him and made him suffer the pangs of hunger which Edmond's father had suffered. Fernand Mondego, Count de Morcerf, was the second.
"Ah, what a dreadful thing," said the young musician; "who would have suspected it? M. Andrea Cavalcanti a murderer a galley-slave escaped a convict!" An ironical smile curled the lip of Eugenie. "In truth I was fated," said she. "I escaped the Morcerf only to fall into the Cavalcanti." "Oh, do not confound the two, Eugenie." "Hold your tongue!
Are you coming, Morrel?" "Directly I have given my card to the count, who has promised to pay us a visit at Rue Meslay, No. 14." "Be sure I shall not fail to do so," returned the count, bowing. And Maximilian Morrel left the room with the Baron de Chateau-Renaud, leaving Monte Cristo alone with Morcerf. The Presentation.
With a wild cry the retired prima donna sank back upon the sofa. "You Albert de Morcerf!" she exclaimed. "I cannot believe it!" "But my mother, the former Countess de Morcerf, who is now the wife of Edmond Dantès, will vouch for my identity." The young woman passed her hand across her forehead as if dazed.
One was named Danglars, a rival claimant to the title of captain. The second was a drunken man, more weak than wicked. The third was Fernando Mondego, a fisherman, who loved Mercédès. And it was this Fernando who had married Mercédès, and was now known by the title of the Comte de Morcerf. Caderousse, still poor, kept a wine shop, and Danglars was one of the first bankers in Paris.
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