THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (CHAP 63) THE DINNER
1001 Adventure and Mystery Stories For The Road
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 21 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
.The dinner is served, and everyone eats heartily, if somewhat suspiciously, the various delights the Count has assembled, including fish from as far away as Russia, carried to the table in specially-fitted water-carriages. After the meal, the Count takes the guests on a tour of the estate, and when he shows them a room in which, he avers, a crime has been committed, Madame Danglars swoons and Villefort rises to comfort her.
The Count demonstrates two things in this section. First, he shows that he is capable of bringing in some of the most extreme and expensive delights in all the known (European) world. And second, he makes clear to Villefort and Hermine that he is aware of some crime committed in the house, without explicitly stating that Villefort and Hermine are involved – thus causing them additional agony at the thought of being found out in front of some of the luminaries of French society.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, everyone to 1001 Stories for the Road and the Count of Monte Cristo. |
| 0:29.1 | Today, Chapter 63, The Dinner. |
| 0:32.8 | This is your host, John Hagadorn. |
| 0:36.9 | It was evident that one sentiment affected all the guests on entering the dining room. |
| 0:42.4 | Each one asked what strange influence had brought them to this house, and yet astonished, |
| 0:47.7 | even uneasy though they were, they still felt that they would not like to be absent. |
| 0:53.1 | The recent events, the solitary and eccentric position of the Count, his enormous, nay, |
| 0:59.7 | almost incredible fortune, should have made men cautious, and have altogether prevented |
| 1:04.2 | ladies visiting a house where there was no one of their own sex to receive them, and yet |
| 1:08.8 | curiosity had been enough to lead them to overleap the bounds of |
| 1:12.2 | prudence and decorum. And all present, even including Cavalcanti and his son, notwithstanding the |
| 1:19.5 | stiffness of the one and the carelessness of the other, were thoughtful on finding themselves |
| 1:25.1 | assembled at the house of this incomprehensible man. |
| 1:29.7 | Madam Danglars had started when Villefort, on the Count's invitation, offered his arm, |
| 1:35.2 | and Villefort felt that his glance was uneasy beneath his gold spectacles, |
| 1:39.4 | when he felt the arm of the barreness press upon his own. |
| 1:43.5 | None of this had escaped the count, and even by this |
| 1:46.5 | mere contact of individuals, the scene had already acquired considerable interest for an observer. |
| 1:53.4 | Monsieur de Villefort had on the right hand Madame D'Anglers, and on his left, Morrell. The count was |
| 1:59.9 | seated between Madame de Villefort and Danglars. |
| 2:02.8 | The other seats were filled by Debray and by Chateau Renaud, |
| 2:06.3 | who was placed between the two Cavalcante, |
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