The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 34 summary
Chapter 34 of 117 · Volume 2 · 41 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 34, Franz overhears two men planning to save Peppino from execution and becomes convinced that the cloaked speaker is his host from Monte Cristo. At the theater, Albert gains an introduction to Countess G——, while Franz studies a beautiful Greek woman and her shadowed companion.
What happens
- During a moonlit Colosseum visit, Franz leaves Albert with the guides and hides near a column.
- Two strangers meet nearby and discuss Peppino’s execution; the cloaked man proposes buying a reprieve instead of attacking the scaffold.
- They arrange window signals and a disguised messenger, and the other man offers his band’s obedience in return.
- Franz recognizes the cloaked man’s voice as his former host’s and spends a sleepless night considering the connection.
- The next evening, Albert seeks female attention at the theater, and Franz introduces him to Countess G——.
- While Albert talks with the countess, Franz watches a Greek woman whose motionless companion rises when the opera resumes.
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