Fatality and Failure (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 11 – Part 3)

The king rages against fate—and his own court.

Louis XVIII receives confirmation: the news of Napoleon’s landing came not late, but on time—through the telegraph. The failure wasn’t distance. It was his ministers. As he lashes out at their incompetence and betrayal, Villefort silently rises in the king’s estimation.

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