<P> Traveling as the Abbé Busoni, Dantès meets Caderousse, now living in poverty, who regrets not intervening and possibly saving Dantès from prison . He gives Caderousse a diamond that can be either a chance to redeem himself or a trap that will lead to his ruin . Learning that his old employer Morrel is on the verge of bankruptcy, Dantès buys Morrel's debts and gives Morrel three months to fulfill his obligations . At the end of the three months and with no way to repay his debts, Morrel is about to commit suicide when he learns that his debts have been mysteriously paid and that one of his lost ships has returned with a full cargo, secretly rebuilt and laden by Dantès . </P> <P> Reappearing as the rich Count of Monte Cristo, Dantès begins his revenge on the three men responsible for his unjust imprisonment: Fernand, now Count de Morcerf and Mercédès' husband; Danglars, now a baron and a wealthy banker; and Villefort, now procureur du roi . The Count appears first in Rome, where he becomes acquainted with the Baron Franz d'Épinay, and Viscount Albert de Morcerf, the son of Mercédès and Fernand . Dantès arranges for the young Morcerf to be captured by the bandit Luigi Vampa and then seemingly rescues him from Vampa's gang . The Count then moves to Paris and dazzles Danglars with his wealth, persuading him to extend him a credit of six million francs . The Count manipulates the bond market and quickly destroys a large portion of Danglars' fortune . The rest of it begins to rapidly disappear through mysterious bankruptcies, suspensions of payment, and more bad luck in the Stock Exchange . </P> <P> Villefort had once conducted an affair with Madame Danglars . She became pregnant and delivered the child in the house that the Count has now purchased . To cover up the affair, Villefort told Madame Danglars that the infant was stillborn, smothered the child, and thinking him to be dead, buried him in the garden . While Villefort was burying the child, he was stabbed by the smuggler Bertuccio, who unearthed the child and resuscitated him . Bertuccio's sister - in - law brought the child up, giving him the name "Benedetto ." Benedetto takes up a life of crime as he grows into adolescence . He robs his adoptive mother (Bertuccio's sister - in - law) and ends up killing her, then runs away . Bertuccio later becomes the Count's servant and informs him of this history . </P> <P> Benedetto is sentenced to the galleys with Caderousse, who had sold the diamond but killed both his wife and the buyer out of greed . After Benedetto and Caderousse are freed by Dantès, using the alias "Lord Wilmore," the Count induces Benedetto to take the identity of "Viscount Andrea Cavalcanti" and introduces him into Parisian society . Andrea ingratiates himself to Danglars, who betroths his daughter Eugénie to Andrea (not knowing they are half - siblings) after cancelling her engagement to Albert . Meanwhile, Caderousse blackmails Andrea, threatening to reveal his past if he doesn't share his new - found wealth . Cornered by "Abbé Busoni" while attempting to rob the Count's house, Caderousse begs to be given another chance . Dantès forces him to write a letter to Danglars exposing Cavalcanti as an impostor and allows Caderousse to leave the house . The moment Caderousse leaves the estate, he is stabbed by Andrea . Caderousse dictates a deathbed statement identifying his killer, and the Count reveals his true identity to Caderousse moments before he dies . </P>

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