1 00:02:11,188 --> 00:02:12,278 What's happened? 2 00:02:12,368 --> 00:02:15,088 The horses bolted. The carriage ran away. 3 00:02:15,349 --> 00:02:19,880 Yes, I remember. My stepmother... Mme. Danglars. 4 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:23,190 Both ladies are unhurt. A little shaken perhaps, nothing worse. 5 00:02:23,490 --> 00:02:24,253 Thank heaven. 6 00:02:24,343 --> 00:02:28,367 You were the only one to suffer injury. You hurt your head when it happened. 7 00:02:28,457 --> 00:02:31,332 - Who are you? - Maximilian Morrel. 8 00:02:31,532 --> 00:02:33,421 I am Valentine de Villefort. 9 00:02:33,511 --> 00:02:36,573 Thank you, monsieur, for your kind attention. 10 00:02:36,813 --> 00:02:38,704 I am quite recovered now. 11 00:02:38,794 --> 00:02:41,345 You must rest a while longer, mademoiselle. 12 00:02:41,435 --> 00:02:42,766 Are you a doctor? 13 00:02:42,856 --> 00:02:44,478 That's true, I'm not a physician 14 00:02:44,568 --> 00:02:47,857 but my profession does demand a certain knowledge of medicine. 15 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:53,729 I still do not know where I am. 16 00:02:53,819 --> 00:02:55,310 The house of the Count of Monte Cristo. 17 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,210 The accident happened at his very door. 18 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:59,261 How strange. 19 00:02:59,481 --> 00:03:01,721 Now you must not excite yourself, mademoiselle. 20 00:03:02,062 --> 00:03:05,463 Shut your eyes and try to sleep. 21 00:03:06,083 --> 00:03:07,563 Mlle. Valentine. 22 00:03:38,415 --> 00:03:40,019 More champagne, madame? 23 00:03:40,109 --> 00:03:43,308 Delicious. I feel quite revived. 24 00:03:43,399 --> 00:03:45,849 It was as if the man had been posted there 25 00:03:45,939 --> 00:03:49,514 - for the sole purpose of saving us. - It was providential. 26 00:03:49,604 --> 00:03:52,523 Tell me who's that enormous black fellow? 27 00:03:52,724 --> 00:03:54,865 Ari, madame. The count's Nubian mute. 28 00:03:54,955 --> 00:03:58,260 But I don't understand why was he in that precise spot 29 00:03:58,351 --> 00:04:01,012 at that precise moment armed with a lasso. 30 00:04:01,612 --> 00:04:03,273 Ari was a great hunter in his own land. 31 00:04:03,363 --> 00:04:06,011 He could kill buffalo and lion with a lasso. 32 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:08,620 Now he's afraid of losing his skill. 33 00:04:08,711 --> 00:04:11,448 When he's not about his duties the master allows him to practice. 34 00:04:11,539 --> 00:04:14,261 In the avenue outside he's got all the space he needs. 35 00:04:14,352 --> 00:04:17,222 Happily he was there when your carriage came by. 36 00:04:17,312 --> 00:04:20,678 Happily indeed. It almost makes me believe in miracles. 37 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:28,446 What heavens, Bertuccio? What on earth is the matter with you? 38 00:04:28,956 --> 00:04:31,047 - That woman! - What woman, Bertuccio? 39 00:04:31,137 --> 00:04:33,249 - The dark one in the green gown! - Mme. Danglars? 40 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:36,071 Yes! It's she, Excellency! I've recognized her instantly! 41 00:04:36,161 --> 00:04:38,053 It's marvelous how little she's changed. 42 00:04:38,143 --> 00:04:40,695 You are trying to tell me, Bertuccio, that Mme. Danglars 43 00:04:40,785 --> 00:04:43,377 is this mysterious lady you saw in the garden at Auteuil? 44 00:04:43,467 --> 00:04:46,789 - I swear it, Excellency! - But I know it, Bertuccio! 45 00:04:46,909 --> 00:04:49,931 Mme. Danglars is the mother of your Benedetto. 46 00:04:50,772 --> 00:04:53,554 But did you know that de Villefort was the father? 47 00:04:57,559 --> 00:04:59,510 Ladies, have you recovered from your ordeal? 48 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,640 As if we'd woken from some dreadful dream. 49 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:07,091 But how is Valentine, poor child? Is it serious? 50 00:05:07,181 --> 00:05:09,454 She is suffering from a mild concussion. 51 00:05:09,544 --> 00:05:13,422 There are no complications, and she is being very well cared for. 52 00:05:13,922 --> 00:05:15,352 You make light of my fears? 53 00:05:15,442 --> 00:05:18,093 I can assure you, madame, that she has no intention of dying. 54 00:05:18,183 --> 00:05:20,553 And my wicked, treacherous horses? 55 00:05:20,643 --> 00:05:24,254 Ari has examined them, and they are none the worse for their experience. 56 00:05:24,344 --> 00:05:26,144 I was so proud of them. 57 00:05:26,545 --> 00:05:28,956 Now my husband will never permit me to use them again. 58 00:05:29,046 --> 00:05:30,506 I think he will. 59 00:05:30,947 --> 00:05:35,248 I have taken the liberty of giving your coachman a prescription. 60 00:05:35,389 --> 00:05:39,440 A simple drug much used by the Tartars for taming wild stallions. 61 00:05:39,530 --> 00:05:40,760 Two or three drops daily 62 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:43,462 and your dappled grays will become quite tractable 63 00:05:43,552 --> 00:05:46,973 without losing their natural spirits and vivacity. 64 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:51,676 My dear Count, you'll never cease to surprise us. 65 00:05:51,776 --> 00:05:53,447 I think you must be a magician. 66 00:05:53,537 --> 00:05:55,537 Only in some respects, madame. 67 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,486 When it comes to entering the society of your capital 68 00:05:58,576 --> 00:06:00,032 I shall need every guidance. 69 00:06:00,122 --> 00:06:03,677 It has been suggested that you might be the very person to assist me. 70 00:06:03,768 --> 00:06:06,515 However, even if you were prepared to be so generous 71 00:06:06,605 --> 00:06:10,830 I certainly could not solicit your advice without first meeting your husband. 72 00:06:11,411 --> 00:06:13,592 That is easily arranged. 73 00:06:13,712 --> 00:06:16,933 I shall send Mr. de Villefort to fetch my stepdaughter 74 00:06:17,023 --> 00:06:18,836 when she sufficiently recovered. 75 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:46,000 Mr. de Villefort, Excellency. 76 00:06:48,721 --> 00:06:51,418 Monsieur, the signal service which you this morning 77 00:06:51,508 --> 00:06:53,163 rendered my wife and daughter. 78 00:06:55,063 --> 00:06:58,464 Allow me, therefore, to express my gratitude. 79 00:07:02,006 --> 00:07:05,782 If the Procureur du Roi thinks that the simple expression of his thanks 80 00:07:05,872 --> 00:07:09,648 for having saved his daughter's life confer upon me some sort of honor, 81 00:07:09,948 --> 00:07:11,448 I will not dispute it. 82 00:07:12,710 --> 00:07:16,423 I would merely remark that this honour, however estimable, 83 00:07:16,513 --> 00:07:20,811 is unequal to the keen satisfaction that this moment gives me. 84 00:07:22,552 --> 00:07:27,233 Sir, you seem geographically engaged. 85 00:07:27,353 --> 00:07:29,760 It is a rich study for you, who, as I hear, 86 00:07:29,850 --> 00:07:32,024 have visited most parts of the globe. 87 00:07:32,114 --> 00:07:35,664 Yes, sir. I have sought to make on the human race, taken in the mass, 88 00:07:35,754 --> 00:07:38,504 what you practice every day upon the individual, 89 00:07:38,594 --> 00:07:39,916 a psychological study. 90 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:43,564 I have believed it is much easier to descend from the whole to a part 91 00:07:43,654 --> 00:07:46,422 than to ascend from a part to the whole. 92 00:07:57,934 --> 00:07:59,915 Sit down, sir, I beg of you. 93 00:08:00,196 --> 00:08:02,578 You philosophize. 94 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,997 Well, sir, if I, like you, had nothing else to do, 95 00:08:07,088 --> 00:08:08,994 I would seek a more amusing occupation. 96 00:08:09,084 --> 00:08:11,373 Why, sir, in truth, man is but an ugly caterpillar 97 00:08:11,463 --> 00:08:14,037 for him who was studying him under a solar microscope. 98 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:17,488 But you said, I think, that I have nothing else to do. 99 00:08:17,589 --> 00:08:20,430 Now, really, sir, let me ask you, have you? 100 00:08:21,551 --> 00:08:23,812 And do you believe that you'd do anything? 101 00:08:24,333 --> 00:08:26,876 Or to put it in plain terms, do you really think 102 00:08:26,966 --> 00:08:29,956 that what you have to do deserves to be called anything? 103 00:08:30,118 --> 00:08:33,428 Sir, you are a stranger to this country, and I believe 104 00:08:33,518 --> 00:08:36,452 a portion of your life has been spent in the Orient. 105 00:08:36,542 --> 00:08:39,944 Perhaps you are not aware how human justice, 106 00:08:40,034 --> 00:08:43,126 so expedient in barbarous countries, 107 00:08:43,217 --> 00:08:46,038 with us takes a prudent and well-studied course. 108 00:08:46,128 --> 00:08:47,759 Yes I am, sir. 109 00:08:47,849 --> 00:08:50,870 Yes I am. I know all that. 110 00:08:51,011 --> 00:08:54,846 For it is with the justice of all countries especially that I have occupied myself, 111 00:08:54,937 --> 00:08:59,016 and I must say that it is with the justice of primitive nations, 112 00:08:59,197 --> 00:09:02,877 that is the law of retaliation, that I have most frequently found 113 00:09:02,967 --> 00:09:05,309 to be in accordance with the law of God. 114 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:09,931 If this law were adopted it would greatly simplify our legal code. 115 00:09:10,021 --> 00:09:14,932 And as you say we magistrates would find ourselves with not much to do. 116 00:09:15,022 --> 00:09:17,633 It may come to that in time. 117 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:21,444 In the meantime our laws are in full force. 118 00:09:21,884 --> 00:09:24,675 The moment you become an inhabitant of France 119 00:09:24,765 --> 00:09:27,556 you become subjected to the laws of France. 120 00:09:27,646 --> 00:09:29,326 I know it sir. 121 00:09:29,607 --> 00:09:31,128 And when I visit a country, 122 00:09:31,218 --> 00:09:35,005 I make it my business to make a study by all possible means 123 00:09:35,096 --> 00:09:37,905 of the men from whom I have anything to hope or to fear, 124 00:09:37,996 --> 00:09:42,418 so that in the end I know them as well, if not better, than they know themselves. 125 00:09:42,919 --> 00:09:46,604 So then it comes to the point that the Procureur du Roi 126 00:09:46,695 --> 00:09:49,458 of whichever country I may visit, whoever he may be, 127 00:09:49,548 --> 00:09:52,146 would most assuredly be more imbalanced than I. 128 00:09:52,908 --> 00:09:56,580 You mean, that human nature being weak, every man has his faults. 129 00:09:56,670 --> 00:09:59,981 - Faults or crimes? - And you alone are perfect. 130 00:10:00,071 --> 00:10:01,572 Not perfect. 131 00:10:02,492 --> 00:10:03,892 Impenetrable. 132 00:10:04,573 --> 00:10:07,974 There is no greater mystery in the world than the mind of a man. 133 00:10:08,594 --> 00:10:12,406 Now you, as Procureur du Roi, may prove a murderer's guilt. 134 00:10:12,496 --> 00:10:15,667 In the process you will reveal the motive of his crime. 135 00:10:15,757 --> 00:10:18,568 His head will be cut off and justice will have been done. 136 00:10:18,658 --> 00:10:21,569 That is what my function demands of me, that justice be done. 137 00:10:21,659 --> 00:10:23,391 Yes, no more than that. 138 00:10:23,481 --> 00:10:28,063 - And what more prey do you ask? - Nothing of the Procureur du Roi. 139 00:10:30,125 --> 00:10:32,817 Now let us suppose that your murder is penniless 140 00:10:32,907 --> 00:10:34,559 and killed for money because he was hungry. 141 00:10:34,649 --> 00:10:36,780 Well there are plenty of penniless hungry people in the world 142 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,721 but they don't all become murderers. 143 00:10:38,811 --> 00:10:42,894 We can be thankful for small mercies. At least I can. 144 00:10:43,695 --> 00:10:47,757 But I am not clear of the precise nature of the point you wish to make. 145 00:10:48,138 --> 00:10:50,399 I am asking myself 146 00:10:50,941 --> 00:10:54,621 what makes this man different from his fellows? 147 00:10:55,402 --> 00:10:58,844 What fault in the mechanism of his brain prompts him to a deed 148 00:10:58,934 --> 00:11:00,753 from which his fellows would shrink? 149 00:11:00,843 --> 00:11:03,994 The answer is surely simple, moral turpitude. 150 00:11:04,084 --> 00:11:05,954 The fellow is a natural born rogue. 151 00:11:06,044 --> 00:11:09,425 No, monsieur, that answer is far too facile. 152 00:11:10,485 --> 00:11:14,128 Who amongst us has not been guilty at some time in his life of some 153 00:11:14,219 --> 00:11:17,425 secret act of which he remains forever ashamed? 154 00:11:18,948 --> 00:11:23,961 Truly, the mind of man is a mysterious and dark continent. 155 00:11:24,051 --> 00:11:27,713 And you would seek to lay this mystery there. 156 00:11:28,314 --> 00:11:31,246 You are in danger of falling into grave error. 157 00:11:31,336 --> 00:11:34,227 You confuse man's mind with his soul. 158 00:11:34,317 --> 00:11:36,268 I do not believe that they are separable. 159 00:11:36,358 --> 00:11:39,760 Upon my word, you sacrifice greatly to pride. 160 00:11:40,681 --> 00:11:44,663 When a man would play god, the devil stands at his elbow. 161 00:11:48,030 --> 00:11:52,531 You're detecting in me the sin of pride? 162 00:11:52,651 --> 00:11:56,062 If I am mistaken, I demand your apology. 163 00:11:56,152 --> 00:11:59,293 But yes, there was, in the manner of your pronouncement, 164 00:11:59,383 --> 00:12:01,944 or so it seemed to my ears, a note of pride. 165 00:12:02,034 --> 00:12:04,114 Did I make any pronouncement? 166 00:12:04,255 --> 00:12:06,995 I thought that I'd merely made an expression. 167 00:12:08,216 --> 00:12:11,576 Then I judged you, too quickly. 168 00:12:11,957 --> 00:12:15,915 In you, Mr. le Comte, I perceive a superior being, 169 00:12:16,005 --> 00:12:21,841 endowed with curious perception, and remarkable powers of intelligence. 170 00:12:22,262 --> 00:12:25,014 These are qualities of greatness. I salute them gladly. 171 00:12:25,104 --> 00:12:26,775 I would only add this. 172 00:12:26,865 --> 00:12:30,447 You may be above others, but above you there is God. 173 00:12:31,548 --> 00:12:33,829 Above us all, monsieur, there is God. 174 00:12:35,311 --> 00:12:38,044 I have my pride for men, that's true. 175 00:12:39,434 --> 00:12:43,814 But I lay aside my pride before God, who has taken me from nothing, 176 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,058 to make me what I am. 177 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:52,435 Upon my word I've been so elevated by our conversation 178 00:12:52,525 --> 00:12:54,164 I have not noticed the time. 179 00:12:55,746 --> 00:12:58,568 Conduct Mr. de Villefort to his daughter. 180 00:12:59,189 --> 00:13:00,635 At once, Excellency. 181 00:13:00,725 --> 00:13:05,153 Monsieur, I look forward to meeting and talking with you again. 182 00:13:05,454 --> 00:13:07,655 Thank you, Mr. de Villefort. 183 00:13:09,237 --> 00:13:11,618 I look forward to our next meeting. 184 00:13:22,386 --> 00:13:24,025 My dear Maximilian, I must confess, 185 00:13:24,115 --> 00:13:26,199 I'd feel somewhat weak in the knees myself 186 00:13:26,289 --> 00:13:29,201 if I had to ask old Villefort for his daughter's hand. 187 00:13:29,291 --> 00:13:33,805 And you have everything. Title, riches, distinguished parents. 188 00:13:33,895 --> 00:13:36,997 - And an intended bride. - Mlle. Danglars. 189 00:13:37,137 --> 00:13:39,559 You have yet to meet Eugénie. 190 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:42,921 Why do you speak thus? You must love her. 191 00:13:43,722 --> 00:13:44,843 Do I? 192 00:13:46,144 --> 00:13:49,206 No, I guess love doesn't come into our relationship. 193 00:13:50,269 --> 00:13:51,660 You cannot possibly marry her. 194 00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:55,003 My dear Maximilien, how refreshing you are. 195 00:13:55,093 --> 00:13:58,454 I didn't know such innocence still existed in Paris. 196 00:13:59,015 --> 00:14:00,675 The plain truth of the matter 197 00:14:00,766 --> 00:14:04,039 is my father and Baron Danglarsr are old friends. 198 00:14:04,245 --> 00:14:06,548 They want this bond between our two families. 199 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,334 Albert, I have heard that Mme. Eugénie 200 00:14:09,424 --> 00:14:11,675 is both handsome and talented! 201 00:14:11,765 --> 00:14:14,218 She sings like a bird, moves like a goddess, 202 00:14:14,308 --> 00:14:15,658 and scares me to death. 203 00:14:15,748 --> 00:14:17,208 My poor friend... 204 00:14:17,751 --> 00:14:20,903 Well, if this is so, then you cannot possibly persevere in your suit. 205 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:22,693 I'm inclined to agree. 206 00:14:23,314 --> 00:14:25,565 But these arrangements, made between two men 207 00:14:25,655 --> 00:14:28,868 like my father and Baron Danglars, are not easily overturned. 208 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:32,411 Though I must confess, I'm much torn in my mind. 209 00:14:32,501 --> 00:14:34,492 And you must reach a decision. 210 00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,623 With help, so I shall. 211 00:14:36,864 --> 00:14:38,835 I intend to take the best advice in Paris. 212 00:14:38,925 --> 00:14:41,307 So? And where are you going to find that? 213 00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:44,369 There is only one man to ask. 214 00:14:44,770 --> 00:14:48,019 Monte Cristo! And you know what? 215 00:14:48,109 --> 00:14:50,424 That is precisely what you should do also. 216 00:14:50,514 --> 00:14:52,293 - I? - That's it. 217 00:14:52,466 --> 00:14:54,982 He shall have both of us. 218 00:14:55,717 --> 00:14:58,378 Goodbye, Mr Thomson, and thank you. 219 00:14:58,538 --> 00:15:00,016 No one, to my knowledge, 220 00:15:00,106 --> 00:15:03,360 has ever challenged the solvency of Baron Danglars. 221 00:15:03,541 --> 00:15:07,293 It is a fact, however, that as a result of the political situation, 222 00:15:07,383 --> 00:15:10,344 his investments have suffered some damaging blows. 223 00:15:10,644 --> 00:15:13,896 Not unnaturally he's been at pains to disguise their true nature, 224 00:15:13,986 --> 00:15:16,107 but they must have been very considerable. 225 00:15:16,408 --> 00:15:18,399 No doubt the setback is only temporary 226 00:15:18,489 --> 00:15:21,580 but since you have a letter of unlimited credit with him 227 00:15:21,670 --> 00:15:24,248 I felt it my bounden duty to warn you. 228 00:15:24,798 --> 00:15:29,021 Should he invite you to speculate in some plausible enterprise, 229 00:15:29,111 --> 00:15:33,231 the chairing of doing so, as things stand at the present time, 230 00:15:33,321 --> 00:15:36,660 I don't believe he could meet another major setback. 231 00:15:36,987 --> 00:15:40,453 Should that occur, I think we should see the empire 232 00:15:40,543 --> 00:15:43,096 of Baron Danglars crumble into ruin. 233 00:15:43,186 --> 00:15:45,358 Thank you. Mr. Thomson. 234 00:15:59,017 --> 00:16:00,117 They're here. 235 00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:03,679 - Who are here, Bertuccio? - Benedetto and Cavalcanti. 236 00:16:03,769 --> 00:16:06,702 Capital! I scarcely expected them so soon! 237 00:16:06,792 --> 00:16:07,742 I did. 238 00:16:07,832 --> 00:16:10,450 I'll be shutting them into the servants' quarters! 239 00:16:10,541 --> 00:16:12,896 But, my dear Bertuccio, 240 00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:15,629 Cavalcanti is one of the most ancient names in Italy, 241 00:16:15,719 --> 00:16:19,273 and Benedetto's veins are bursting with noble French blood. 242 00:16:19,363 --> 00:16:22,575 I invite them to my house and you send them to the kitchen? 243 00:16:22,665 --> 00:16:25,397 Cavalcanti is a penniless old rogue. 244 00:16:25,487 --> 00:16:29,059 Benedetto, a foundling who robbed his foster parents of their life savings. 245 00:16:29,149 --> 00:16:30,421 As a father-and-son partnership, 246 00:16:30,511 --> 00:16:33,182 they've committed enough crimes to go to the gallows for 20 years. 247 00:16:33,272 --> 00:16:36,173 You make them sound a very promising pair. Send them in. 248 00:16:44,498 --> 00:16:46,339 Good evening, gentlemen. 249 00:16:50,032 --> 00:16:51,381 It was very courteous of you 250 00:16:51,471 --> 00:16:53,965 to make the journey from Rome with such expedition. 251 00:16:54,055 --> 00:16:55,810 Mr. le Comte de Monte Cristo, 252 00:16:55,901 --> 00:16:58,030 since both money and the means of convenience 253 00:16:58,121 --> 00:17:00,456 were lavishly provided, there was nothing to hinder us. 254 00:17:00,547 --> 00:17:03,091 Still, you could have spent the money and left my relays to rot. 255 00:17:03,181 --> 00:17:04,459 Your letters, monsieur, 256 00:17:04,549 --> 00:17:07,554 hinted at even greater benefits awaiting us in Paris. 257 00:17:07,644 --> 00:17:11,598 So there shall be, provided you perform to the letter what I require of you. 258 00:17:11,688 --> 00:17:15,179 That, monsieur, must depend upon the nature of your requirements. 259 00:17:15,269 --> 00:17:18,521 Quite not. You will accept my proposals unconditionally 260 00:17:18,612 --> 00:17:21,206 or you will both go to prison for a good many years. 261 00:17:21,297 --> 00:17:22,650 I told you it was a trap. 262 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:25,352 But my dear sirs, you are most welcome. 263 00:17:25,672 --> 00:17:28,363 It is le Marquis Cavalcanti? 264 00:17:28,453 --> 00:17:32,145 Le Marquis Cavalcanti... Yes, I really am he. 265 00:17:32,235 --> 00:17:34,504 Ex-major in the Austrian army. 266 00:17:34,594 --> 00:17:37,216 - Was I a major? - Yes, you were a major. 267 00:17:38,977 --> 00:17:41,288 But you have an income of half a million a year. 268 00:17:41,378 --> 00:17:43,209 - Half a million, is it? - Yes. 269 00:17:43,299 --> 00:17:46,531 I'll be at half a million then. I had no idea it was so much. 270 00:17:46,621 --> 00:17:48,701 And I have the honor of addressing 271 00:17:48,792 --> 00:17:52,874 Mr. le Vicomte Andrea Cavalcanti, your adored son. 272 00:17:52,965 --> 00:17:54,230 Yes. 273 00:17:54,604 --> 00:17:55,874 Please sit down, gentlemen. 274 00:17:55,965 --> 00:17:57,756 What on earth am I thinking of keeping you standing? 275 00:17:57,846 --> 00:17:59,317 Please don't mention it. 276 00:17:59,407 --> 00:18:03,522 The service you will perform for me is not arduous nor even dangerous, 277 00:18:03,612 --> 00:18:06,341 provided you obey absolutely what I tell you. 278 00:18:06,431 --> 00:18:10,042 You will live within the limits of almost unlimited wealth. 279 00:18:10,133 --> 00:18:13,014 I cannot imagine that the experience 280 00:18:13,105 --> 00:18:15,633 will be in the slightest degree disagreeable. 281 00:18:15,793 --> 00:18:17,787 If what you say is true, Mr. le Comte, 282 00:18:17,877 --> 00:18:19,485 you have only to command us. 283 00:18:19,575 --> 00:18:21,395 Yes, I am aware of that. 284 00:18:21,555 --> 00:18:25,246 Gentlemen, from this moment, you are Major Cavalcanti, 285 00:18:25,336 --> 00:18:27,427 Italian aristocrat and millionaire, 286 00:18:27,517 --> 00:18:31,528 and you, Benedetto, are his son, le Vicomte Andrea Cavalcanti. 287 00:18:31,618 --> 00:18:35,299 Your place of residence will be my country house at Auteuil. 288 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:37,488 Tomorrow morning, Major Cavalcanti, 289 00:18:37,578 --> 00:18:41,191 together with a letter of reference which I shall give you, 290 00:18:41,281 --> 00:18:45,392 you will open an account at the banking house of Baron Danglars. 291 00:18:45,482 --> 00:18:48,553 From this account you will draw what money you need for yourself, 292 00:18:48,643 --> 00:18:52,503 and you will also make an allowance for your dear son. 293 00:18:52,603 --> 00:18:56,264 The amount of the allowance will be 50,000 livres per year. 294 00:18:57,910 --> 00:18:58,924 Per year? 295 00:18:59,015 --> 00:19:01,635 You will live in a style becoming your rank and station, 296 00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:05,506 and since you are rich, you will dress simply and without pretension. 297 00:19:05,627 --> 00:19:07,478 Gentlemen, do you understand me? 298 00:19:07,568 --> 00:19:10,230 This cannot be all you require of us. 299 00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:17,655 If it were, I would scarcely have gone to the trouble and expense. 300 00:19:20,397 --> 00:19:22,948 You will enjoy the life that I have described, 301 00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:26,692 which you will at all times be entirely at my disposal. 302 00:19:26,782 --> 00:19:28,727 And you will be ready day and night 303 00:19:28,817 --> 00:19:31,464 to obey any instruction which I may give you. 304 00:19:32,686 --> 00:19:34,246 Good night, gentlemen. 305 00:20:27,271 --> 00:20:28,982 Did you find it amusing, Mr. le Baron? 306 00:20:29,072 --> 00:20:31,224 Delightful, quite delightful. 307 00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:32,845 And you, madame? 308 00:20:32,935 --> 00:20:35,436 My dear Count, I've never seen its equal. 309 00:20:35,698 --> 00:20:38,298 It was quite disturbing. 310 00:20:38,719 --> 00:20:40,969 I thought she was exquisitely beautiful. 311 00:20:41,059 --> 00:20:42,810 What was your impression, mademoiselle? 312 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:46,960 I agree with Mme. de Villefort. The girl was beautiful. 313 00:20:47,381 --> 00:20:48,771 Her dance was not. 314 00:20:48,861 --> 00:20:51,111 - You didn't like it? - I detested it. 315 00:20:51,201 --> 00:20:52,476 Why? 316 00:20:52,566 --> 00:20:56,482 Because, Vicomte, for me it symbolized the degradation of my sex. 317 00:20:56,583 --> 00:20:57,913 I don't understand. 318 00:20:58,003 --> 00:21:01,084 I'm not criticizing her skill and artistry. 319 00:21:01,244 --> 00:21:03,135 But the spirit which informed her dance! 320 00:21:03,225 --> 00:21:05,017 Come, Eugénie, whatever you say! 321 00:21:05,107 --> 00:21:08,559 No, this is most interesting. Pray continue, mademoiselle! 322 00:21:08,649 --> 00:21:11,458 Every movement of her body acknowledged the existence 323 00:21:11,548 --> 00:21:13,643 of a world in which man is the master! 324 00:21:13,733 --> 00:21:16,639 That is the Oriental attitude, is it not, Mr. le Comte? 325 00:21:16,729 --> 00:21:20,427 - Most certainly! - It is not one to which I subscribe. 326 00:21:20,517 --> 00:21:21,808 Because this is France. 327 00:21:21,898 --> 00:21:26,031 And in France, mademoiselle, man is the adoring slave of lovely women! 328 00:21:26,121 --> 00:21:30,355 Listen to him! What romantic nonsense, Vicomte. 329 00:21:30,445 --> 00:21:31,986 You humiliate us at every turn 330 00:21:32,076 --> 00:21:35,839 and then try to hide the fact by employing ridiculous phrases like that. 331 00:21:35,929 --> 00:21:39,681 I've never humiliated a woman in my life. I'd rather cut off my right hand first. 332 00:21:39,771 --> 00:21:41,858 Another empty phrase. 333 00:21:42,245 --> 00:21:45,798 You know perfectly well you would do nothing so foolish. 334 00:21:46,276 --> 00:21:50,959 We are shackled by conventions imposed by men for their convenience. 335 00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:54,421 Is a woman permitted to marry the man she loves? 336 00:21:54,663 --> 00:21:56,914 Or must she marry the man her father chooses? 337 00:21:57,004 --> 00:22:00,175 For shame, Eugénie. Remember where you are. 338 00:22:00,265 --> 00:22:03,437 Come, Mr. le Baron, you must not be so severe. 339 00:22:03,527 --> 00:22:05,598 I was most impressed by what your daughter had to say. 340 00:22:05,688 --> 00:22:06,858 Impressed? 341 00:22:06,948 --> 00:22:09,399 Good heavens, Count. If all her sex began thinking as she does... 342 00:22:09,489 --> 00:22:12,050 I congratulate you, Mlle. Eugénie. 343 00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:15,002 You cannot mean that you agree with me. 344 00:22:15,092 --> 00:22:16,182 But why not? 345 00:22:16,272 --> 00:22:18,784 You have just expressed a most profound truth. 346 00:22:18,874 --> 00:22:21,634 The problem is, what are you going to do about it? 347 00:22:23,456 --> 00:22:24,596 Nothing. 348 00:22:25,158 --> 00:22:28,293 I scandalize my friends by saying what I think, 349 00:22:28,384 --> 00:22:31,094 but I'm too much of a coward to act on my beliefs. 350 00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,997 You have had the courage to express them. 351 00:22:33,087 --> 00:22:35,219 This is already a very great deal. 352 00:22:35,309 --> 00:22:37,241 How long do you propose remaining in Paris, monsieur? 353 00:22:37,331 --> 00:22:38,723 Perhaps six months. 354 00:22:38,813 --> 00:22:41,488 If the life suits my son, he may stay longer. 355 00:22:41,578 --> 00:22:44,150 You should find him a French wife, monsieur. 356 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,022 Nothing would please me more, madame. 357 00:22:46,112 --> 00:22:48,553 I have the greatest admiration for French women. 358 00:22:48,643 --> 00:22:51,955 I'm beginning to suspect that Andrea shares my views. 359 00:22:52,045 --> 00:22:53,877 Have you found yourself a place of residence yet? 360 00:22:53,967 --> 00:22:57,750 My son and I are most fortunate. Mr. le Comte de Monte Cristo 361 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:03,104 has very graciously put his country residence at Auteuil at our disposal. 362 00:23:03,194 --> 00:23:04,494 Auteuil? 363 00:23:05,215 --> 00:23:07,587 I didn't know you had a house in Auteuil, monsieur. 364 00:23:07,677 --> 00:23:09,488 I have only recently acquired it, madame. 365 00:23:09,578 --> 00:23:11,293 But whereabouts, Mr. le Comte? 366 00:23:11,383 --> 00:23:13,691 - 28, Rue de La Fontaine. - Extraordinary. 367 00:23:13,781 --> 00:23:17,522 What is extraordinary, Monsieur de Villefort? 368 00:23:18,542 --> 00:23:20,494 That house belonged to my father-in-law, 369 00:23:20,584 --> 00:23:21,973 the Marquis de Saint-Méran. 370 00:23:22,063 --> 00:23:24,983 That indeed is a very great coincidence. 371 00:23:25,151 --> 00:23:28,012 Naturally, my steward conducted the transaction for the lease, 372 00:23:28,103 --> 00:23:29,766 but I'm almost sure that he told me 373 00:23:29,857 --> 00:23:31,875 that the house had been empty for many years. 374 00:23:31,965 --> 00:23:34,935 Yes. The Marquis lived and died in Marseille. 375 00:23:35,025 --> 00:23:37,316 He seldom made the journey to Paris. 376 00:23:37,406 --> 00:23:42,023 I doubt if the house has been occupied for the last 20 years. 377 00:23:42,113 --> 00:23:44,949 The house has a sudden curiosity for me. 378 00:23:45,390 --> 00:23:47,241 A crime was committed there. 379 00:23:47,331 --> 00:23:48,843 - A crime? - Beware, monsieur. 380 00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:51,475 You are in the presence of the Procurer du Roi. 381 00:23:51,566 --> 00:23:54,188 Then actually this is the very moment to declare it. 382 00:23:54,278 --> 00:23:55,308 What sort of crime? 383 00:23:55,398 --> 00:23:58,639 My gardeners were digging over the soil to lay a new lawn 384 00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:02,881 and they came across the skeleton of a newly born child. 385 00:24:02,971 --> 00:24:07,462 A newly born child? Infanticide is a serious matter. 386 00:24:07,552 --> 00:24:09,668 How can you know it was infanticide? 387 00:24:10,150 --> 00:24:12,902 It is surely murder to bury a child alive, monsieur. 388 00:24:12,992 --> 00:24:15,942 You cannot possibly say that it was buried alive. 389 00:24:16,033 --> 00:24:18,579 Then why bury it in a garden if it were dead? 390 00:24:18,975 --> 00:24:20,445 No, the cemetery is the proper place. 391 00:24:20,535 --> 00:24:22,226 The count is right, it was certainly murder. 392 00:24:22,316 --> 00:24:25,048 Stop! I can't bear it. 393 00:24:25,138 --> 00:24:27,809 What is done to infanticides in this country? 394 00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:29,639 Their heads are cut off. 395 00:24:30,580 --> 00:24:33,021 Is that not right, Mr. de Villefort? 396 00:24:33,542 --> 00:24:35,602 Yes, you are right. 397 00:24:35,843 --> 00:24:37,063 You are right. 398 00:24:41,249 --> 00:24:44,249 Subtitles LAPORT INC.