THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (CHAP 35-PT 1) LA MAZZOLATA
1001 Adventure and Mystery Stories For The Road
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Enjoying dinner with the Count, Franz and he get into a deep doscussion about revenge and death. Franz indicates that they still have business to attent do that evening but the count bids them to stay saying that he will provide all they need for the festivities tomorrow.Itnow looks like Franz has a suspicion about the countbut he is not sure what to do.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Welcome back, everyone, to the Count of Monte Cristo, the first half of Chapter 35. |
| 0:31.1 | I can quickly review, in the last half of Chapter 34, Franz and Albert had returned from their entertainment of the evening, |
| 0:39.8 | back to their hotel. Franz returned sometime after Albert, and when he reached the hotel, |
| 0:45.8 | Albert was excited to tell him that he had arranged for a cart pulled by Oxen so they could |
| 0:50.7 | attend the festivities, the coming day. They were soon to find out that this had all been arranged by their neighbor in the hotel, |
| 0:57.6 | who just happened to be the Count of Monte Cristo. |
| 1:03.2 | They're now on their way to meet him. |
| 1:06.0 | After an invitation had been issued by a servant of the Count, |
| 1:09.2 | Franz and Albert, both in carnival costume, |
| 1:12.1 | went to meet him at the appropriate time. And now, the first half of Chapter 35, La Masolata. |
| 1:22.7 | Gentlemen, said the Count of Monte Cristo as he entered, I pray you excuse me for suffering my visit to be anticipated, |
| 1:29.5 | "'but I feared to disturb you by presenting myself earlier at your apartments. |
| 1:33.8 | "'Besides, you sent me word that you would come to me, |
| 1:36.6 | "'and I have held myself at your disposal.' |
| 1:40.3 | "'A Franz now I have to thank you a thousand times, Count,' returned Albert. |
| 1:45.8 | "'You extricated us from a great dilemma, |
| 1:48.4 | "'and we were on the point of inventing a very fantastic vehicle |
| 1:51.1 | "'when your friendly invitation reached us.' |
| 1:53.8 | "'Indeed,' returned the Count, |
| 1:57.0 | "'motioning the two young men to sit down. |
| 1:59.2 | "'It was the fault of that blackhead pastrini |
| 2:01.6 | "'that I did not sooner assist you in your distress. |
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