Dyuma_Graf-Monte-Kristo_1_Graf-Monte-Kristo-s-illyustr-.353748.fb2 · Chapter 7
Villefort Burns the Letter
During Dantès' interrogation, prosecutor Gérard de Villefort discovers the incriminating letter is addressed to his father Noirtier, a Bonapartist, and burns it to protect his own career.
Outcome
Villefort condemns Dantès to lifelong imprisonment to safeguard his royalist ambitions and upcoming marriage.
