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Don't let anyone trough

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Please test it

There's an execution, turn back...

...or take another road

- Will it take long? - No. They're bringing the prisoner

They say she's killed many children...

...in their mothers' wombs

But God takes His revenge on earth

She... Who prevented so many children...

...Seeing their mothers' eyes

At dawn. She will no longer see the light

For God takes His revenge on earth

Who will mourn Gervaise?

She belongs in hell...

with her friend Lucifer

It's crawling with uniforms

They'll never think escapees would be mad enough...

...to taunt them right under their noses

Look at your father

Who will mourn Gervaise?

She was so very bad

She belongs in hell...

, with her friend Lucifer

When Monte Cristo asked me to meet you, I almost kissed his hands

He's actually doing me a favour since at last I can thank you for,.

Nothing, You owe me...

You saved my faTher from ruin and dishonour

Alas he died to soon to thank you

So allow the son to express The father's gratitude

You may ask anything from me

Thomson & French are opening new markets in the East

More precisely in Janina in Greece

Janina? It was our army's main stop on the route to India

Alas, despite the Count of Morcerf's heroism, the Ottomans took the city

I know. I asked Morcerf about the help he gave the Sultan of Janina

What courage

I wonder how the Turks finally won

I heard Ali Pasha was betrayed

All the more reason to investigate before opening a branch there

Could I meet one of your captains, Mr. Morrel?

One of those familiar with Janina?

The man we want is Cocles, Captain Cocles

He served Morrel for 27 years and is now retired in Fecamp i

Let's go.

It'll be a change from this stinking place

It's like a cemetery with open graves

This is the deep sleep potion

IT induces a deep numbness...

...Which resembles death

Another one of Faria's recipes?

He was no longer sure of the formula

Poor Faria

He was so old

Well we'll see

I know a recipe I'm sure your famous Faria never told you about

It's the recipe for happiness

It always fails

With your fortune life could be sweet and we'd forget all our misfortunes

I can imagine you in London Budapest St Petersburg, And why not America?

I can't put an ocean between my justice and me

What you call justice is revenge

Do you think I like being Monte Cristo?

I'd be afraid to have him for a friend Bertuccio

He's a terrifying man - ruthless and cold

I didn't want to become that man, I was happy just being Edmond Dantes

I expected nothing more from life. But they ruined it

Villefort, Morcerf, Danglars...

...and even that worm Caderousse, who knew all but said nothing

By killing the sailor who asked for nothing...,

...they created the avenger who's back for his dues, too bad for them

Have the carriage prepared. We're leaving

Three pillows Grandad

So you can sit straight to see the sky through the window

Maybe you�ll see the famous comet

He's grateful. But what Mr. Noirtier likes most is the coming of the day

The dawn

It reminds him of the Austerlitz sun

Dear child, why are you still here?

Your place isn't by a bedridden invalid

I helped put him to bed, He had a bad day

The way he is, it must have been like any other

Please, Heloise

He can hear

Shouldn't Valentine leave?

Why? It concerns her too

Try dressing differently

You'll get us into trouble with these rags

They scream: "Long live the Emperor"

These 'rags' have seen all the battlefields of Europe...

...that made France greater than ever

You needn't worry, M, Noirtier and I never leave this house

We have wonderful news

Mme de Saint-Meran is coming from Marseille

Don't you understand?

We can plan Valentine's marriage with Franz dEpinay

Does my father wish to speak?

Yes, Mr. Noirtier disapproves of this marriage

Barrois is talking nonsense

You're wrong

He uses his right eye for vowels

He bats his eyelid once for 'a' twice for 'e' three times for �I� and so on

The left eye is for consonants

He can't control his nerves

That's all

He says...

...if you go ahead he'll disinherit Valentine

What?

My dear father...

Leave it

If he disinherits her, everything is ours

He says his entire fortune will go to charity

I keep saying he must be put away

You see I'm right

She visits him and he thanks her... by disinheriting her

I'll ask Dr dAvrigny to visit him

I see his mind is starting to...

Mr. Noirtier says he knows exactly why you're crying

He'll do his best to stop the marriage

- Will she still marry? - Of course

- Despite your father's threats? - What threats?

Let him leave his fortune to the poor, I've never been interested in money

Money is good for the likes of Danglars

You're only interested in glory

No not in glory either

Glory is a toy just good enough to satisfy children...,

...like Morcerf

I have better: the power to condemn to death or life imprisonment

Same thing

As Prosecutor. I have the Kings favour

The dEpinays are close to him so Valentine will marry like it or not

I have 17 trunks and eight hat boxes

Don't complain it's heavy, It's just silk and satin

Take it all upstairs and tell a maid to iron my dresses

These coachmen are unbelievable

They keep moaning I have too much luggage. What times!

They can't tell me what to bring...

...for the wedding

I looked lovely when you married my Helene

What a lovely day

Really? I thought it rained

Isn't that...

...what you said?

It did rain. It was a deluge

But how we laughed in the rain

Excuse me, I must check the kitchen

Supper will be served at ten

Your new wife is as surly as ever

She's hardly a new wife now

It's many years since Heloise and I...

I'll never get used to it

What do you see in her?

Well she... IT seems...

You see? Marrying her was a mistake, I warned you. But you won't admit it

Let's forget your harpy, How's my angel?

How's Valentine?

She's very well, thank you

I meant how does she get on with the harpy?

For the best

So they hate each other

Still it doesn't matter now Valentine is getting married. It means...

...she'll be leaving soon

May God make her happy with Franz

- It's my only wish - Mine too. She'll be happy

I'll make sure of it

I hope so

Otherwise my ghost will come and box your ears

A staircase might not be the ideal place for what I have to say

But this wedding will be my last party

The last ceremony I'll attend and not willingly...

...will be my funeral

- Why do you say that? - Because it's true

So I want this wedding to be grand and beautiful

I want it magnificent and moving, I want to cry

I haven't cried for so long

Not since Helene's death

If you need money to make things grander than grand...

...just tell me

The Morrels were always good to me

The father - God rest his soul - and the son

If you weren't sent by young Maximilien...

...I wouldn't have told you a thing

But I'm not totally blameless myself

I can't believe that a general Count of Morcerf and peer of France...

Forget all those grand-sounding titles

Morcerf the scum didn't have them at Janina

He was just Fernand Momdego lieutenant colonel

Sultan Ali Pasha made him general...

...and the Turks paid him a fortune to betray him

Mondego gave up Janina to the Turks...

...and caused the massacre of Ali Pasha's family

But you weren't there Captain Cocles

I arrived at the end, but above all...

I heard a witness

A witness?

Yes sir

Haydee Ali Pasha's own daughter

But you said they were all killed

All except Haydee

The Turks used her like any young captive

They reduced her to slavery,

...in a harem

She became a piece of meat for men's pleasure

Listen to me

Since the Turks see Haydee as a commodity...

...we'll buy her from them

...twenty times her selling price

Given her rank youth and beauty it was already considerable

As well as the ransom we'd need a ship and money for the expedition

A fortune!

Supposing I find you a man who has this money...

I'd leave now

I'm cold

But it's not cold

You say I can't forgive

But if you'd heard Cocles' story you wouldn't forgive either

Beauchamp, I trought journalists too badly paid to play the Stock Exchange

I'm not here to play but to work

I've been assigned to question the Baron on his latest losses

Baron Danglars? Impossible

It's strange, but luck eludes him lately...,

...and his fortune is slipping away

But he's an exceptional financier

He's just lost five million...

...in a risky project in Mexican mines

It's the same with his sturgeon farms in St Petersburg

You seem rather pleased. You look like the cat who got the cream

These days journalists live on others' misfortunes

So be happy, Mr. Cat. Sonn you'll be able to gorge yourself all you like

Janina

Jani� what?

Janina

I warn you. That cream is particulary sickening. I would make one vomit

A ghost, There was a ghost in my room

Calm down, Ghosts don't exist, It was probably the wind in the curtains

I'm not mad, I tell you it was a ghost

My husbands ghost telling me my time has come to join the world of the dead

What's all this shouting?

What's happening?

Grandma had a bad dream

Go on, say I'm hysterical

Only a ghost would dare enter the Crown Prosecutor's house

The living can't hurt you

You're untouchable

But the dead are a different story

She's not mad, I too saw...

- He offered me a drink - I'll fetch you an infusion

No I don't want to sleep. I want it to be day

- And things to happen - What things?

Your wedding, I want you married before I die

- That�s impossible - Why? Because nothing is ready?

But never mind. Let it be a private affair as long as it happens

A solicitor for the signatures and a priest for a bit of Latin. Don�t worry

My will shall exempt you all from wearing mourning

Nothing will stop you having a big party...

...once I've been buried

Why are you crying?

You can't see me die?

No and I don't want to get married either, I don't want to

What's wrong?

How should I know?

The world may be falling apart but that's no reason to flout traditions

The Saint-Meran tradition is to have grand and noble marriages

Isn't Franz a grand and noble catch?

The best imaginable

Lets stop imagining, then, Today is Tuesday

Saturday at the latest our little Valentine will be Baroness dEpinay

Your ticket, young man

May I speak with you?

No I'm expected

- I'll be brief, You'll see the show - I don't care

I've seen it. Let go, I'm meeting...

Mlle de Villefort? Do you love her?

Why? Who are you?

I need the truth, Then I'll let you go

- I'll scream - Fine

I'll say you tried to rob me you'll protest

They'll detain us and you'll miss your meeting

Let go, I'll answer you. Yes. I love Valentine

Does she love you too?

- Do you know who her father is? - The Crown Prosecutor

Few men have been as ruthless to others as him

It's Valentine I love, He can go to hell

He probably will, Hear me out

You love Valentine for her beauty? Don't trust that

What would you know of love and beauty?

I wasn't always a priest, Anyway, this isn't about me

You're sure Valentine is the one?

Then go to her

Hurry, the show is about to start, The magician won't wait

I just can't escape this marriage

I've spent two days in my room examining all the possible solutions

I'm a minor and the law...

And if I told you I know a country where there are no laws? Algeria

It's so far away

I only have one ship left

But it's in Marseille, the Pharaon can be ready to sail in a week

An abduction? You're mad.

Say 'yes'

I can't hurt my father and grandmother

You'd rather hurt me? Fine I know what I must do

Yes forget me

After the show. I'II go to a gunsmith

I'll buy a gun load it and sit by a fountain

- A fountain? ' - The sound will drown the shot

- Not even the pigeons - Very well

You agree? The gun? The fountain?

- My suicide?. - I agree to Algeria

You wont change your mind?

Not if you marry me once we're there.

- No - What no?

We won't wait. Once we're on the Pharaon, the captain will marry us

Listen

Tonight at eleven meet me at the gate. I'll have a carriage

Bring no bags, We'll buy what we need

Stupid foolish young Maximilien falling in love with the wrong girl

What does she have...

...he likes so much? Beauty?

Certainly

She's so insipid, Too blond, too milky-white

That's just it, She's a brioche

- She's like a brioche - A brioche!

Mme de la Richardais to see the Count

You're off to a fancy dress ball?

Can I come? It's so long since I made myself up. What should I go as?

A brioche

I can just see it, A cheeky little round hat the colour of toast

A dress a bit lighter than the hat...

...With big flounces for the sides of the brioche

He calls her Brioche

Her mouth smells of vanilla

He says he's harder than a rock

They sit closely under the arbour

My goodness, happiness is so close

For Cocles to finance the voyage to Janina

- So? - It's full of gold and jewellery

- Let's go - We'd better wait until it's dark

You shouldn't visit unexpectedly

Yes I do

- On what? - Settlements of debts people owe me

I came because I missed you 53 hours...,

...without you

53 hours? You count them?

- And the minutes - And the seconds?

I don't have a precise stopwatch

You will tomorrow

No more presents

It's your presence I want

What for?

Something like this, for instance

But you who know all can teach me

Your song didn't lie, You smell of vanilla

Do you like vanilla?

I think so

But if you don't mind I'd like to make sure

The contents of the cabinet alone are worth a visit

There's a trick to opening it but I saw him do it

Seeing is one thing but going in...,

It's easy, Darkness a good ladder and a sharp diamond for the window-pane

What if we're seen?

You'd commit murder? You'd dare?

If we're caught, you know what we'll get as escapees?

Hey Squire

What?

It's midnight. We've been waiting for an hour

I'll go and check, Stay here

Dead!

She's dead

I can't believe it

And in such terrible circumstances

Did she suffer?

Atrociously, You only need to see her contorted face

The poison which killed her was badly dosed

Hence the uncontrollable pain and endless suffocation

Poison? I think you're jumping to conclusions

Who could have hated her that much?

I think suicide is more probable

Why would she have done that?

Especially at her age

There's no age for a desperate act

- Mlle de Villefort? - Upstairs but the poor lady...

Maximilien Morrel

I'm a friend...,

Whoever you are, thanks for coming so fast

How did you hear the terrible news?

Is this...

Where she rests? Yes sir

But I warn you we haven't had time to lay out the corpse

I thought...

I was so afraid

She was dying just as I was about to join you, I couldn't run off like that

You did the right thing, But will you be angry if I think of us?

This tragedy might be a miracle

A miracle?

You said she wanted to hasten your wedding to Franz

Her death is sad

But we can breathe

Before she died, my poor grandmother asked as a last favour...

What did she ask?

That the wedding take place on the very evening of her funeral

Tomorrow I'II be married

She spoke of some debt our family owed to the dEpinays

My father promised and you don't go back on an oath made at a deathbed

Where did I put this certificate? Wretched glasses!

Here we are

No, this is the will of Marchioness de Vetheuil

What is this?

The sale of the Hotel Gisors

Nothing to do with today's bussiness but don't worry. I'll find it

I can't sign a marriage contract the day Grandma's buried

I'm signing since you�re a minor, Just say you're present

Here we are

If everyone's ready we'll start

In preparation for their marriage today appear...

...Franz Alphonse Christian dEpinay officer...

...bachelor future husband acting on his own behalf

And Mlle Valentine Julie Marie de Villefort...

...Minor his future wife

Finally the. Dowry...,

...Of Mlle de Villefort will be 50000 gold francs

Excuse me. Wasn't it 100.000 francs?

We would have loved to be more generous

But my father-in-law acted on a whim as old people do...

...And disinherited the three of us

We must protect our future

You're not marrying for money

Of course not, It's out of love, Deep sincere and unselfish love

All parties having approved The contract...

...they will now sign before me Jacques Alphonse Delafosse

Issued in Paris on 21 July 1838

If you would care to sign

Are you happy? I am

Were it not for the funeral. This would be my happiest day

You're not saying anything?

There's nothing to say

Don't sign it

- What's all this? - Forgive me

Mr. Noirtier wishes to see Lieutenant d'Epinay

Tell him we'll see him when were done

Mr. Noirtier insists you come now. He says is a very serious matter

This one, isn't it?

Are we here to redecorate?

There's a note, Should I read it?

Or give it to someone?

To whom?

The confession in this note...

...forces me to break all ties with your family

Please leave us

You too. Barrois

What does this note say?

Franz nearly married the granddaughter of his father's killer

This is a confession signed by my father...

...Before he became paralysed and in which he admits...,

He's a murderer?

Not a murderer thank God

My father killed Baron dEpinay but not in a way that makes him a criminal

No it was a duel

Without witnesses, which explains...

...why the police thought dEpinay was murdered

A duel with swords is that right?

On the banks of the Seine

The fight lasted an hour, the swords broke and you continued with guns

That's it

Am I right?

- You knew? - Yes

Twenty years ago a man accused by an anonymous letter appeared before me

He was a young sailor arrested at his engagement party, I remember his name

Edmond Dantes

On Elba he'd been given a letter from Napoleon to you

The letter said that the ex-Emperor was preparing to flee the island...

...to seize power back in France

Your mission was to help him...

...by eliminating Napoleon's worst enemy

Baron dEpinay

Yes, I know

You never received that letter

To protect you to save you, I burnt it and reduced it to ashes

With no letter how did your father...

Accomplish a mission he knew nothing about?

Instinctively, he knew it was his duty to eliminate dEpinay

Correct?

I too have always acted on instinct

I've never needed orders to know a man...

...Deserved death

And the sailor?

I had him put in solitary confinement at the Chateau d'If for life

Just for being a messenger?

I didn't know whether he'd read the letter, It was him or my father

But now you'll free him won't you?

It's too late

He drowned trying to flee

So unfair

He can't take revenge on your father

No lights Hassan, Fetch Muhammad

- We should have waited until dark - That means moonlight

This is too risky, We should have just blackmailed...

...your father

He'll be more useful if we're caught, Climb up

You go

- No if anyone comes. I'll hoot - I can do that...

... as well as you

I get vertigo

If you're chicken, I'll bleed you like a chicken

Climb up

I get vertigo

Climb

Two men...

...with a ladder are trying to get in

- I'll take care of them - No, let them come

Men outside

- Thieves? - Murderers

If someone knows me, They want to kill me

Or denounce you

Too dangerous

I'd say everything I know about Danglars Villefort and Morcerf

- Watch this floor - Shall I tell...

...the others? Hassan is a good strangler

Don't panic, Pretend the house is empty

Watch but don't shoot, I want to know who sent them

- There are only two? - Go on

These must be worth millions

Millions!

I'm very disappointed...

...Caderousse

Busoni? What are you doing here?

And you?

Me Father? As you can see. I'm looking...,

Looking for what?

Something to live on

Isn�t what I give you enough?

Everything is so dear for an escapee

To sleep under a roof to have a hot meal. Even to wash...

...they charge me ten times the price

Or they threaten to turn me in

Even you Father...

...saintly as you are, if I begged you to let me go. I know what you'd say

All right Caderousse get going...

...but buy my silence if you don't want me to turn you in to the police"

So I'll give you everything I have quite willingly. You can give it...

...to your poor

You'd sell your own parents

One can be a priest without being a martyr

Please

Have mercy, I didn't mean to hurt you

Killing a man doesn't hurt him. It takes him closer to God

Yes that's it

So when the executioner places your neck under the blade...

- No please - You stink

Is fear making you stink? Did you shit yourself?

Leaving already?

May I go?

Will you let me?

That's up to God, Do you agree to be judged by Him?

Let me go and I'll agree to anything

It's a deal

If you reach your lair safe and sound, it'll prove God forgives you

And Busoni will forgive you too. Pick that up

No, I said it was for your poor

My poor? I'll never find anyone poorer than you

Pick it up...

...and get lost

- Did you find it? - Here

Sorry

I was taught to survive

Not to share

Fetch Muhammad

Stop or I'll shoot

Stop

Don't kill me. I give up

Thank you. Leave us

A surgeon. Send for a surgeon

No surgeon cam help you. You need a priest, Caderousse

To hell with priests. I don't believe in your God

Why don't you?

Because He doesn't exist

If He did. the world wouldn't be so ugly

Good people would be rewarded and bad people punished

Remember, we've talked about this before

You told me about Dantes

Young Dantes, don't you remember?

On your deathbed you think of Edmond Dantes?

Yes, because he was punished

And the others those who betrayed him.

...are all rich and triumphant

Your God isn't just

He is, Caderousse. God is just

Look at me. I am Edmond Dantes

He's dead

No he's alive. He's by your side, holding your hand

Look at me. I'm alive. Really alive

You're Edmond Dantes?

But if you're Edmond Dantes. Then...

Then what?

Go on

He's the first to pay, but not the worst traitor

You�re his friend Toussaint?

Tie his hands behind his back

- We'll take him to the police - And if they ask what he did?

- Say he's his father's son - lf you knew him, you'd be shaking

If you knew who I am you'd know it's your father who's going to shake

Well done. Nice race

First prize. Congratulations

Well done, son

Nice race

- Thanks but it's an unfair victory - Unfair?

I'm not exactly an amateur when it comes to boats

Of course. Your long voyage in the East. Don't you miss the sea?

Miss many things

I miss many things

Despite of your fortune?

Come on you can afford anything you dream of

I don't dream much

My nights are heavy

What a strange man you are. One could almost think you're unhappy

Is it too late to go for a row?

It's true, you row well. A real sailor

Do you like sailors?

That's a very strange question

What question?

Whether i like sailors or not

I'm just making conversation

We don't know what to say to each other

Like all gentlefolk making acquaintances

In Paris we call it modesty

...if we shared secrets, no one could hear

- Do you have a secret to tell me? - Me?

No And you sir?

No. Madam

Very well, no secrets lm Mercedes de Morcerf and my life has no secrets

Yet you and I,.

...have a past

We were young once

Were you happy then?

Up to a certain point. And you?

Up to a certain day

She was the one who asked for a ride

I really wanted to go too

He'll take you when he come back

I don't want him to exhaust himself and it's getting late

Tell him I went back to Auteuil

What if I let you call me Mercedes, at least when we're alone?

Thank you. It's a lovely name. I like saying it

And in return.

...what should I call you?

As you wish

Let's see

Why not Emile?

Emile takes us to the sun. It's cold here

No. I don�t like Emile

Try something else

Since we're on the letter 'E'...

why not...

...Edmond?

Edmond, please take me to the sun

We're init, Mercedes

We're in full light even

isn't it blinding?

Yes it's burning my eyes now

You must know I'm not happy

My husband...

We said no secrets

Accept them. I've never been able to talk to anyone

Why me?

Because you're just passing through Paris

You don't count. You're like a cloud

Listen, Mr. Cloud

I loved another man

I loved him madly

We were engaged when he disappeared in strange circumstances

Suddenly and dramatically

Disappearances don't happen except in death

In other cases, you dig, scrape, search and find

Or find again

What do you think?

Of course I tried to find out where he was

His father said Edmond was dead

His name was Edmond?

Pure coincidence

You're right. I'II give you another name

I don't want you to have a dead mans name

Even if it's just a game

A game yes.

As a child, I feared the moment when my father called out: "It's late

"Come inside"

It was always around this time

Your father was right to call you

It's true that its late

Much too late

Grandad, Maximilien wanted to thank you

Mr. Noirtier...

...I wont forget what you did for us

It must have been hard to face Franz dEpinay when you heard the truth

From now on...

...Valentine and I will look after you

Without forgetting.

...Barrois

Here is some cool lemonade Valentine made for you

Aren't you thirsty?

Well, I am. It's so hot tonight

The summer is refusing to end

With your permission...

Icy drinks are dangerous when it's hot

An old beast like me fears nothing

I almost burned in Moscow and survived crossing the Beresina, so...

My God

- What's wrong with him? - I don't know

I'll call Father. He's with Dr dAvrigny

Don't stay. Its not wise

These are common medicinal plants

Separately, yes. But certain combinations can be highly toxic

Your mother-in-law...

Can you imagine her poisoning herself playing amateur chemists?

Come quickly

His pulse is barely perceptible

He must vomit

Run to the nearest chemist and ask for the most powerful emetic

The lemonade

It started after I drank some lemonade. Oh, it hurts

What lemonade?

The lemonade... over there

Yes, it's lemonade

Did you make it?

No, it was...

...it was Mlle Valentine

He's dead

I won't go

Yes, you will

I entered your service. You can't make me work for someone else

What am I to you? Some commodity?

Some slave you can lend, hire or sell?

I'm lending you to the Villeforts. But you're still at my service

- More than ever - Elsewhere?

With Valentine

Serve me by protecting her

Unbelievable. It's beyond me. A few days ago, you wanted her to drink.,.

...a vile potion so her father would die of grief

And now I'm to protect her?

- Why? - Do you know...

...sophistry?

No. And I don't care

An example: Socrates is mortal

All cats are mortal, so Socrates is a cat

Amusing, subtle even, but completely stupid

Here's another sophism

I like Maximilien, Maximilien likes Valentine, so I like Valentine

She's in danger. Need I go on?

Fine I'll be her nanny. It's a good thing she's pretty

Your bottle, Nanny

At the slightest sign of illness, give her that

What makes you think...

...The Villeforts will have me?

Heloise told me all their servants are leaving. You'll be like the Messiah

I'm here for the position

We're glad to see you. Come in

Your meal is on the table

And the rest?

You'll find out. I'm not staying in this cursed house

Why cursed? Aren't you happy here?

In a week, two people have died: Poisoned

That's not my idea of happiness

Better safe than sorry

The analysis report...

...on the lemonade that killed Barrois is very revealing. He was poisoned

A mixture of digitalin and hemlock

It couldn't fail

Nonsense

My father drank some of that lemonade - and suffered no symptoms

...he's literally stuffed...

...with pills

I know. I prescribe them

They probably stopped the effects of the poison by acting...

...as permanent antidotes

Have Mme de Saint-Meran's body exhumed and examined

I bet the same poison will be found

Never. I'll do no such thing

I understand the truth scares you. IT was Valentine who made the lemonade

Shut up. You're out of your mind

She had nothing against the servant

She was aiming at Noirtier

But by a tragic accident, Barrois drank from his master's glass

That's absurd

He disinherited her

An act of senility, Valentine doesn't care

Outwardly only

Young girls...

...are deceitful

Come in

I'm Bertuccio. Your new steward

Nothing, sir But you rang

Really? I don't think so

- You said you needed a cognac - Right away

I'll drink it alone. I don't want to share anything with you any more

Leave and never return

Fine

I said what I thought

Listen, Villefort

Unfair and intolerable as it may seem. Valentine must be rendered harmless

Her demure appearance hides a mad woman whose perverted nature...

...may prompt acts of insanity if crossed

It's keeping me awake at night

I know what awaits Valentine if you denounce her

No, you don't know.

You've never seen someone's head roll. I have

I've seen hundreds

Close up

I've seen abject terror in their eyes

I've touched their skin covered...,.

...in a cold sweat which had the smell of death

I've heard their teeth chattering to the point of breaking

Should I inflict that on my daughter?

You're a monster to. Suggest it

We could avoid it and obtain confinement

In a madhouse?

Treated like a rabid animal, tied up day and night? Now you listen

Repeat a word. Of this and I'll throw you in jail

In jail? On what pretext?

Trust me

I'll find something

I'm used to it

All right. I'll keep quiet

But I pity you

Above all. I�m afraid for you You could be the next victim

Anyone living in this house could be

Get out

My dear...

I heard everything

She's my daughter

No one will harm her

She won't leave the house I've locked her in her room

You did well

But I fear she hates being imprisoned

It might be better if she turned on me instead of you

Where's the key?

In her door

I'll go

Have a rest

Leave it all to me

Can I taste it now, Count?

I love it when your mouth politely says "Count'.

...while your eyes beg: "Kiss me like a chef"

How do chefs kiss?

It's delicious

Why are you here?

Lm afraid

Afraid? Fear doesn't exist. It's just an illusion. Go back

I'm afraid for her

Valentine?

What Valentine?

Valentine de Villefort

That little girl?

What is it?

Some doctor thinks Valentine poisoned Barrois and Mme de Saint-Meran

The lemonade Barrois drank really contained poison

What kind?

A mixture of hemlock and digitalin

Damned woman

Now her mixture works. She won't stop there

You too think she�s guilty?

She's in danger. Go back there

Don't let anyone in Valentine's room, especially Heloise

I'll join you later. How can I enter?

I don't know the house well yet

Maybe the roof...

Fine. Go back and look out for me

You should be with Valentine. Run along

You look preoccupied. I don't like it

A slight inconvenience

Nothing important

- Except... - Except?

Except I was hoping to keep you with me after dinner

Yes, keep me with you. My house is so cold

Please, I want to stay with you

By your side

Right up against you

- Be sensible - Why?

It can wait until tomorrow night

Impossible. Its tonight I'm expected

By whom? Not a woman, I hope

If death looks like a woman, then yes

Bertuccio, what are you doing here?

What you should be doing. Protecting Valentine

What do you mean? Is she in danger?

Don't worry. We're looking after her now

You say that, but you're only Bertuccio

- Of course - I didn't mean it

No but I mean it myself. Don't worry, sir I'm not alone

- There's another man - What man?

He's my master, but I'll soon see him as a friend

One day I'll stop calling him 'sir' and I'll hug him. Come on to work

Wake up

Wake up for Gods sake

Wake up, little toad. I need you

Wake up

Well done. Bertuccio

Careful

Careful. The stairs creak

Mile de Villefort's room

Poor child, all these events have exhausted you

Here's something to help you sleep

I don't need anything. I was sleeping fine

With this, you�ll sleep even better

With this, you'll sleep even better

Drink up

That's good. Drink it until the last drop

There, there

There, my child

Sleep well

Good night

Quiet or we've had it

And you won't see Maximilien again

- What did that drink taste like? - The taste?

Be more precise. You life is at stake

A pleasant taste of plants

Where's the phial I gave you?

- The antidote - I don't have it any more

They gave me dinner and I was suspicious, so I drank all of it

I can hardly breathe

Run to the laboratory. There's antidote left

Seventh test tube in the rack

I'm cold. Very cold

Faster, do you hear me? Hurry

It's me, Captain Cocles. Mission accomplished

I know it's late...,

...but please could you tell The Count of Monte Cristo the news?

Wonderful, but later

- Where's the coachman? - He left

Come on, please. Hurry up

Someone's coming

We only have seconds

Thank God the antidote acts faster than the poison

Just in time

She's saved

Temporarily Heloise will try again...

...when she sees the poison didn�t work

She'll concoct another one and I wont know the formula or the antidote

Excuse me

What will my punishment be?

Because of me, she almost died

I'm not infallible either

At last, it's you, Count. It's unbelievable

What a night

First we wait at your house, then we come here...

The Turks are less twisted...

...than your Bertuccio

Oh, my God

Haydee

If you knew where I found her

And in what state!

I know. I can guess what she endured

I'II take the reins. I'm suffocating. I need air

Welcome, madam. I'm the Count of Monte Cristo

And I'm your slave, since you were kind enough to buy me

I didn't buy you. I freed you

You were imprisoned. I hate jails

I know

I should have left

But I was curious to find out what you meant by a 'meeting with death'

Your sort of death is very pretty

This young woman has suffered a lot

Young women who suffer are your secret

I'm Camille de la Richardais. I've suffered quite a lot too

Widowed after only two years.,.

...I fell in love with someone I thought was a man

He's in fact an owl or a bat

A beast who likes to roam at night and never stays in a warm bed

Thanks for saying "in love". We'll discuss the rest later

You must be exhausted. Muhammad will prepare your room

Wouldn't a hotel be better?

No one must know she's in Paris

I demand total secrecy for her safety and my plans

Since you know my house, madam, make sure she wants for nothing

Thank you. Captain

You also asked for some documents. Here they are

Beauchamp, I asked for an article on Victoria's first year on the throne

This isn't a political article

It's a declaration of love

It�s just that with her nineteen years, her pretty round face...

...and her shy smile. She's a charming queen

Very urgent

We'll let the Queen of England grow up. I have here something explosive

Read this

If it's true. What a scandal

Do you trust this information?

I trust the man who sent it

I hope so or I'll lose my newspaper

For now, let's be cautious

We'll light the fuse, but won't explode the bomb

Letter from Janina"

Let's hope you never fight in a duel. Not against me anyway

A bullet in the heart is no punishment

A true punishment should last ages

- Have you ever missed your target? - Never

Teach me

Enrol with the master. The next session is Saturday

I've no time

You saved my life in Rome. Don't let me die in Paris

Albert, what is it?

I'm fighting a duel

You?

- I've been offended - By whom?

- Beauchamp - The journalist?

- Aren�t you friends? - Not any more. Read this

"Letter from Janina"

Where�s the offence?

It says a certain Fernand...

...an officer serving in Greece. Betrayed the Sultan Ali Pasha...

...handing him over to the Turks

Signed Beauchamp

A certain Fernand? That concerns you?

My father's name

Hundreds of people are called Fernand in Paris alone. It's a common name

If 'common' is insulting, let's say 'fashionable'

Serving under the Sultan of Janina? The allusion to my father is obvious

If you say so

If your father has been attacked. It's not your affair to defend him

It's his

Luckily he doesn't know about it

He sees 'Le Messager' as the organ of the enemy

What if your father had been insulted?

My father?

They did worse than insult him

They made him die of grief

- Haven't you tried to avenge him? - Yes

You see?

I have choice of weapons

I fence well, but Beauchamp can't hold a sword

He prefers pistols. We were friends once and a duel is not a murder...

...so I chose pistols. But I�m no good

So you're replacing murder by suicide?

Not if you teach me

I refused Making a marksman out of Albert means taking aim at Beauchamp

He based his article on a document...

...I sent him myself

Albert is innocent. Must children pay for their parents' faults?

In that case, Valentine too...

If I confound Fernand today, his son won't have to fight. I hope not anyway

But with Valentine...

Heloise is always around her, offering coffee or blackcurrant

We could save Valentine from her step-mother

Remember the toad to which I gave the deep sleep potion?

I don't like it

No. But it's the only way

In the meantime. Go back to your protegee I'II see you tomorrow at ten