The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 106: samenvatting

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1. Madame Danglars meets Debray secretly and gives him her husband’s letter explaining his flight from another large demand for payment.
2. Debray advises her to leave Paris and hands over her financial share, while she waits unsuccessfully for comfort.
3. Albert tells Mercédès that selling his belongings and enlisting as a substitute provides money for their separate journeys.
4. Mercédès accepts Albert’s plans for military service in Africa and a home for her in Marseilles.
5. Debray encounters mother and son downstairs, offers help, and feels ashamed before their dignity despite their poverty.
6. The next day, Mercédès leaves by diligence as a hidden man watches and asks how to repair their lost happiness.

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Mercédès’s attachment to Albert outweighs their loss of wealth. His enlistment makes their necessary separation especially painful.

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