“The Letter That Vanished” (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17 – Part 11)

As Dantès digs into the mechanics of his downfall, one detail emerges like a flare in the dark: the letter that damned him—burned. Not by an enemy, but by the very deputy who interrogated him. A young, seemingly sympathetic official, struck with sudden emotion. Or was it calculation?

The abbé, ever suspicious of convenient mercy, urges Dantès to look closer. Ambition wears many masks, and justice, it seems, may have one of the darkest.

 

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