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Ladies and gentlemen,\ngood evening.

Poison has taken a beautiful girl and\nturned her into a sleeping beauty.

A letter from a dead man led three men\nback to loathsome memories.

I can hear it, the beautiful melody entitled "Nightmare" that my friend is playing...

Act 11: An Engagement Broken

Papa's here. Now you guys\nare gonna get it.

Please step aside, Madame.

I think not.

I beg you!

What's the matter? Madame?

Mama! Mama, what's wrong?

What's the matter with me? I don't understand...

Renaud! Get the car!

Right!

Heloise?

Heloise!

Get after them! They've taken my daughter!

Catch them!

C'mon, cut it out!

Here they come!

Damn it! All right, watch this!

Renaud?

Albert! Block the road!

Okay, that should do it.

Ow!

You're lucky that it wasn't\nanything serious.

I wish that you wouldn't\nworry me so...

Cut that out!

For one thing, what you guys did is\nusually referred to as "kidnapping"!

Like you're one to talk!

Once people know why we did it, I'm sure they'll understand.

But it's gonna be Monsieur Villefort\nwho tries the case. Right?

Yeah.

The dead man has\ncome back to us!

He would never forget what we did,\nnot in a million years.

You can't sleep?

No. Today was a\nterrible day.

Where did you go\nthis morning?

The funeral of\nsomeone I know.

Don't try to hide it from me. A letter\nfrom Edmond came this morning, right?

How did you know\nabout that?

Tell me what this\nis all about.

It was just\na tasteless prank.

Why would anyone use that name\nfor a prank?

I have no idea!

Edmond was accused of treason and died\nin the far reaches of space, didn't he?

Isn't that what happened?

Do you know\nanything else?

Please, Fernand, tell me.

He's dead and gone.

You're hiding something\nfrom me.

The man is dead! I'm not hiding anything.

He died in prison!

You still can't forget what\nhappened 20 years ago?!

Am I right?! Have you been thinking about\nthat man every day for the past 20 years?!

Are you still in love\nwith him?!

It was only because I was told\nthat he was dead that l...

You only did what because\nyou were told he was dead?

You were told he was dead, so you gave up\non him and married me instead?

Did you?!

Stop it.

Mercedes...

Mercedes...

Mercedes!

The crime lab determined\nthat the cause was a poison.

It's a botanical toxin of some sort. We're\nworking as fast as we can to identify it.

I see.

Your Honor, I suggest that you\nexercise extreme caution.

The culprit might still\nbe in this house.

I've already dismissed\nall the servants.

You don't need to\nworry about me.

But sir...

There are two things\nthat you must do.

The first is to prevent news of this\nfrom leaking out to the public.

The second is my daughter. Find out where my daughter is without delay!

The search team arrived\nin Marseilles this morning.

They will probably locate her\nby the end of the day.

Notify me when you\nfind her.

An arrest warrant\nis standing by.

No, just pinpoint\nwhere they are.

Leave them at large\nfor the time being.

Yes, sir.

Franz?

What's the matter?

I wasn't expecting you\nto be here, either.

Is there a reason that you\ndon't want to go home?

Not really.

Want to read\nthis letter?

Who's it from?

Maximilien?

The guy sure has\nneat handwriting.

Yeah, as opposed\nto you.

You're pushing it.

So I guess he made it\nto Marseilles safely.

Right about now, I bet he's freaking out\nover what he's done.

That's very possible.

Say...

What kind of person is Valentine's current\nmother? What's Madame Heloise like?

What do you mean? She's young,\nand beautiful, and intelligent.

Yeah, she is, isn't she? That's what I thought, too.

Albert, mind if I\nask you something?

Like what?

You said that you saw Madame Villefort\nand the Count in the greenhouse, right?

What about it?

Ever since you told me about it back at Auteuil,\nit's been nagging at me. That means...

What're you getting at?

Why did the Count happen to pick her\nto have an affair with?

I have to think he targeted her specifically\nand made his move on her.

And anyway, how is it that he could\ntake one look at your symptoms...

...and know right away\nthat it was poison?

Wait a minute, are you implying that\nthe Count is the one behind all this?!

I can't believe that,\nnot for a minute!

If it weren't for the Count, I might\nnot be standing here today!

Listen, Albert. Even if you\nlooked all over Paris,

...you wouldn't find many people who just\nhappen to have antidotes on them.

Not even doctors would!

Were you able to save me, then? You couldn't do a thing to help, am I right?!

The only reason I survived was\nbecause the Count was there!

What would the Count hope to gain by\ntrying to poison people? Tell me!

I don't know. But I can sense it in him.

Sense what?

A deep darkness...

Sorry I bothered you.

Albert! Take a good look at him! Look at the real Count!

Franz.

I have faith in him.

The only one who knows\nthe real Count... is me!

Encyclopedia of Toxicology

So, here you are.

You've come around?

What happened to me? My memories are a jumble...

Oh.

I can't seem to shake off\nthis lethargy...

That's because of the poison,\ndon't you think?

Poison?

There's a good amount of poison coursing through your body.

When did you get that ring\nfrom the Count?

What's this about? What are you implying?

Allow me to change my line\nof questioning, then.

Have you ever\nseen this before?

I... have no idea\nwhat that is.

I got it out of your jewelry box. Does that mean that this is perfume?

I have no idea. It isn't mine.

Are you trying\nto ruin me?

What you've done can never\nbe set to rights.

If it gets out that my\nwife is a poisoner,

...what do you think will happen\nto all that I've built?!

Your plans haven't run their\ncourse yet, have they?

Who else is there? Valentine?

Answer me! How many more\ndo you plan to kill?!

Is my name on your\nlist, too?

That's right! I had intended to kill you, too!

I only need my\ndarling Edouard!

Look at you, acting like some\nhigh and mighty saint!

I won't stand for\nthese insults!

I dare you to speak to me\nin that tone again!

I'll kill myself\nright here!

To the mighty Crown Prosecutor, the man who\nvalues appearances more than anything,

...there could be no greater scandal,\ncould there?!

You... you don't mean\nto suggest that l...

What's the matter? Aren't you going to drink it?

What kind of man are you?

Are you only capable of\nkilling other people?

Tomorrow morning, you will be\ntransferred to a hospital.

I've had a private room with barred windows\nprepared for you.

The quarters won't be very spacious, but you\nwill spend the rest of your days there.

Along with your poisons.

Albert! Take a good look at him! Look at the real Count!

I know the real Count\nbetter than anyone.

Count!

Hello, Monsieur Albert. How are you feeling?

You seem to be in rather\nhigh spirits today, Count

So, I take it that Mademoiselle Valentine was saved, then?

Right. She's recuperating in Marseilles now\nwith Maximilien watching over her.

That is wonderful news.

Yes, but we got there too late,\nand Valois, their butler, died...

You were able to save the life of your dear friend. You needn't feel sad.

And Madame Villefort has\nhad a mental breakdown...

Count, why do you think those horrible\nthings happened to the Villeforts?

It was inevitable.

There are no coincidences\nin this world.

It all comes down\nto karma.

What do you mean\nby that?

Are you saying that the Villeforts deserved what happened to them?

You and I met\nthat day on Luna.

Perhaps you feel that our meeting\nwas a chance encounter.

But in fate, there are\nno coincidences.

Just as that setting sun does so\naccording to the laws of the universe,

...fate, too, is composed\nof unyielding necessity.

There's no such thing as\ncoincidence in your life?

No. There is not.

What I have is the power\nof a strong will.

Even if other people accept coincidences\nand are tossed about by them, I do not.

For you see, I have forged my own destiny\nthrough the power of my own will.

Forge your own destiny\nthrough the power of your will...

That is why we met,\nand that is why we are here now.

Count, I want\nto change.

I want to be a strong man\nlike you.

In that case, allow me to offer you\nthese words of advice.

Bide your time. And hold out hope.

Bide your time... And hold out hope.

Albert!

Why are you sitting there with that\nidiotic expression on your face?

Eugenie? How's your mother?

It doesn't seem to be anything serious. She's been in a bad mood ever since, though.

Oh.

But enough about that,\nlisten to this!

I'm going to be playing the piano at the\nconcert hall along with the orchestra!

At the opera house?

Yeah. My dream is finally coming true.\nI just got the news!

They've recognized my talent\non the piano!

Congratulations!

Make sure you come\nhear me play, okay?

You bet.

That's so amazing!

Well, I should get back\nand practice some more.

Um, Eugenie.

Your playing that night\nat Auteuil...

It was... How can I put it? It was really great.

You could really tell?

I'm glad. Thank you.

Flowers for you, Mademoiselle.

Andrea Cavalcanti?

I'm home!

What's the matter?

Look at this.

Danglars says that he wants to break off your engagement to Eugenie.

But why?

I have to know how she really feels. I run to the opera house.

I have to know how I really feel.

Next time on Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo act 12:

Act 12: Encore

..."Encore."

Bide your time,\nand hold out hope!