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When he steals into a mansion with a friend\nin order to help him win over his love,

...the young man witnesses a physical\nliaison between two adults.

My friend said to me, "He must know."

"Until the day his innocent soul\nis destroyed."

Act 8: A Night in Boulogne

This is bad...

Albert!

W-What are you\nbarging in here for?!

I'm sorry. I kept calling,\nbut you didn't answer.

You have a visitor from\nthe Champs Elysees.

The Count?

His Excellency says that he does\nnot wish to see you today.

Did he give you a message\nor something?

No, Monsieur, nothing\nin particular.

I see...

What's this?

His Excellency wishes\nto unveil his new villa.

That is an invitation to a dinner party. By all means, bring your entire family.

With pleasure! Where is the villa?

The forest of Auteuil.

He has a villa in\nthat gloomy place?

Yes. His Excellency insisted\non this villa in particular.

If I'm not mistaken, Monsieur Villefort\nused to own this villa.

It's almost fallen\nto ruin.

While his first wife was still alive, it was a bright, cheerful place.

You mean Valentine's\nreal mother?

She was still so young and\nbeautiful when she died.

Thank you for coming.

My lord General.

Thank you for\ninviting us.

Count!

Well, well! The good Madame Villefort!

This is my husband, the...

The Crown Prosecutor, I presume?

I'm told that you did a great\nservice for my wife and son.

I am honored that you have gone\nto all the trouble of coming here.

This manor is a little too dreary to invite guests over, don't you think?

Not at all, I have taken quite\na liking to the silence here.

Now, I see that the three gentlemen who\nembody Paris are gathered here tonight.

Monsieur Danglars,\nthe king of bankers.

General Morcerf, who commands\nthe military.

And you, Monsieur, who\nadministers the law.

There is a reason that I invited you here\nto this humble affair tonight.

Allow me to be frank and\nmake a confession to you.

Travelers are insecure\nby their very nature.

I would like to forge bonds of friendship\nwith you three gentlemen.

I am given to understand that you hope\nto win the presidency, General.

Where did you\nhear that?!

I would like to assist you to the best\nof my humble abilities.

Albert. Leave us\nfor a moment.

What? But l...

We adults need to have\na discussion.

Albert, what's the matter? You look a little out of it.

You don't look well.

No, I'm fine, Mother.

I'm sorry I forced you\nto come.

I wonder if the Count\nis avoiding me...

At Valentine's house, I saw something.

I saw the Count and Madame Villefort\nbeing... intimate.

So?

While I was watching,\nthe Count spotted me.

It seemed that way\nto me, anyway.

What about it?

I'm a terrible person...

I guess the Count has\na lot on his plate.

It just means that he's\na man like any other.

Anyway, weren't you supposed to go there to\nwork out the whole Maximilien situation?

That's the least of my\nworries right now.

Um...

Would it be all right\nif I joined you?

Who is this?

I'm going outside for\nsome fresh air.

Um, might l...

What the hell\ndid you do?

And who might\nyou be, boy?

M-Me, sir? I am...

This is Captain Maximilien Morrel,\na most capable soldier.

How do you do, sir?

I'm Captain Maximilien Morrel, Canes Venatici Gamma Army.

My family operates a trading firm in Marseilles. As for me, l...

And what do you want?

Sir. I-I would like to ask for\nyour daughter's hand in...

Yours is a noble profession,\none which defends the state.

For that, I offer you\nmy respects.

Nevertheless, you are\na simple commoner.

And my daughter\nis already engaged.

I suggest that you bear\nthose facts in mind.

How rude!

Bouillabaisse à la Marseilles.

So, how did the marriage\nproposal go?

Dead on arrival.

You know, maybe she really\nhas feelings for you.

And what's this secret\nconversation about?

Beauchamp!

You've got guts, firing off a flash at the Crown Prosecutor like that.

When I see a guy who's full of himself, my rebellious streak takes over.

So, what's up? The sorrows of youth?

Geez, what a sad world we're living in. It's all "love" this and "affairs" that.

Look at that.

Rumor has it that those two were\nhaving an affair years ago, too.

The Crown Prosecutor\nand Eugenie's mother used to...

Forgive me for imposing\non you.

It's all right. Don't worry about it.

I've paid a small fortune\nfor her lessons.

It's only fair that she should put it to good use at times like this.

Please listen to what I have to say.

I'd like to apologize\nto you.

What I said the other day was terrible. I didn't give any thought to your feelings.

What did Valentine say?

She was crying.

I guess I made you do my\ndirty work for me. I'm sorry.

Valentine loves you.

You're kidding!

She does!

I'm sure of it.

Eugenie's gotten really good,\nhasn't she?

Hey, don't try to change\nthe subject.

I talked to her\nthe other day.

I bet she had a lot of bad things\nto say about me.

Pretty much.

What's that mean? Tell me! C'mon, tell me!

What do you want from me\nafter all this time?

I'm frightened.

What if someone\nsees us?

But when we're here, I can't help\nbut think of our child!

Magnificent.

I see that music is truly\nyour calling.

Her calling, huh? The Count must\nknow a lot of talented people.

Thank you for the lovely performance,\nmy lovely lady.

How do you do?

Now that one talented youth has made her\ndebut, allow me to introduce another.

This is Marquis Andrea Cavalcanti.

Oh, my...

That family had\nan heir?

His father is an old friend\nof mine.

If you would welcome him as you have done\nme, nothing would make me happier.

I realize that I am an untested youth who only\nrecently inherited his late father's estate,

...but I am honored to\nmake your acquaintance.

Look at that brooch! It easily cost five million!

Who's that guy?

The Count's new favorite, I'd say.

I bet he has all kinds\nof talents!

Well, ladies\nand gentlemen.

I do hate to interrupt your conversation,\nbut if I might have your attention please?

One of the reasons that I\npurchased this estate...

...was that I wished to escape from the noise of\nthe city and spend time in quiet contemplation.

But on the contrary,\nonce I arrived here,

...I found myself fascinated by a certain\naura that pervades this old mansion.

And what might\nthat be?

How might one\nbest describe it?

Yes... In a word...

...a curse.

I found myself pondering\ncertain questions.

What sorts of lives were led by\nthe people who once lived here?

And what sad events occured here that\nwere hidden away from the eyes of all?

When my mind toys with such thoughts, I am\nfilled with inexpressible joy and tranquility.

No doubt about it...

It's him, I'm sure of it...

Preposterous! A curse, the very idea...

Monsieur Prosecutor, you suggest\nthat you do not sense...

...the gloomy, malevolent aura\nthat pervades this mansion?

That's CROWN Prosecutor.

Very well. I take it, then, that you must see it with your own two eyes.

In truth, there is one room deep inside this mansion that has been left exactly as it was.

Why would you do that?

I am convinced that\nit is that room...

...which is the source of the\nmalevolent aura here.

How rude! We're leaving.

Monsieur!

Now, now, now, don't be\nlike that!

I for one say that we should indulge\nour host's eccentricities.

What do you say, everyone? Why don't we\ngo see this "evil room" for ourselves?

Just a moment, please!

Going all at once would\nspoil the entertainment.

Monsieur Albert!

Yes?

Monsieur Franz!

And Mademoiselle Eugenie.

Me?

I suggest that you split into three groups\nto search for the room.

We shall have these three youths\nlead the way.

I will offer a small gift to those\nwho successfully reach...

...the innermost depths\nof this dark mansion.

Are we agreed?

I like it! This sounds like fun!

By all means,\nlet's do it!

Monsieur Albert, if you\nwould be so kind?

Yes, sir!

It's been a long time, Marquise.

You're looking well.

Keep your mind\non the task at hand.

As they say, it's the early bird\nthat gets the worm.

Incidentally, Marquis Andrea,\nwhere are you from?

Oh. Excuse me. I come from the\nfar reaches of the eastern galaxy.

There is a beautiful planetary\ncluster there.

And on one of those planets\ncan be found a bird...

...which eats ore and lays\neggs of jewels.

Once every 50 years, they build a colony\nfor the purpose of mating, and...

We can finally speak\nprivately now.

Pardon me.

Count. I need to say\nsomething to you.

Whatever is the matter, Madame Morcerf?

Please, call me Mercedes.

This heart of the malevolent aura\nthat he mentioned...

What do you suppose\nits heart really is?

Why are you so fixated\non Marseilles?

Whatever do you mean?

You served another dish from Marseilles\nfor dinner tonight.

Was it not to your liking?

No. It's just that when I look at you, I am reminded of someone I once knew.

For many years, I have lived with\nthe desire to see him once again.

But now, I'm filled with\na terrible foreboding...

Count?

You are not alone. Never.

There is someone who\nis always thinking of you.

Please don't forget that.

This is my good luck charm. It was\ngiven to me by my late father.

I'd like you\nto have it.

It's a dead end...

I've had enough of this, Albert. Madame Danglars is tired, too.

We're turning back.

Monsieur Villefort!

There's a door inside!

T-This is...

Congratulations to you.

Your party is the first\nto arrive.

Did you enjoy the unique ambiance\nthat this mansion has to offer?

I see that the master of this house doesn't\nknow the proper way to entertain guests!

Monsieur Albert, might I\nask for your assistance?

Yes, sir!

Thank you for playing along. It must have been difficult.

I'm sorry, Count.

Sorry? Whatever for?

The truth is, I... I saw you. In Madame Villefort's greenhouse.

Goodness, how awkward. You saw us, did you?

Madame would not take no\nfor an answer, you see.

I simply assumed that you\nwere angry with me!

Perish the thought!

Incidentally, it is I who\nshould apologize to you.

I have been unable to speak\nwith you properly until today.

The fact of the matter is that I suffer from\nan illness I contracted in distant space.

From time to time, I wish to\nrest without seeing anyone.

That's...

It is nothing serious. I do feel a numbness from time to time, however.

Albert. This is a secret\nknown only to you and me.

A secret between\nyou and me.

I understand. I give you my word.

In that case, let us carry\nthis box through the door.

This is the room where I gave birth to the child!

The child... The child has\nsummoned us here!

Pull yourself together!

But on that night 17 years ago...

Congratulations! This is our gift\nfrom the Count!

NO!

Madame?

You...

Who the devil\nare you?!

A poisonous evil stalks\nthe lovers.

But I am still unaware that I am about\nto fall prey to it, as well.

Next time on Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo, Act 9:

Act 9: I Dreamed a Dark Dream

..."I Dreamed\na Dark Dream."

Bide your time,\nand hold out hope!