Prosecutor Villefort had made a promise to Madame Danglars, and he intended to keep it. He needed to find out how the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo knew about the dark history of that house in Auteuil. The very same day, he fired off a letter to his contact, Boville, a former prison inspector who'd climbed the ranks to become a high-ranking police official.
Boville asked for two days to dig up the information. When the deadline arrived, Villefort received his report:
"The man calling himself the Count of Monte Cristo has two known associates. The first is Lord Wilmore, a wealthy foreign aristocrat occasionally seen in Paris, currently in the city. The second is Abbé Busoni, a Sicilian priest with an excellent reputation in the Middle East, where he's known for his charitable work."
Villefort immediately ordered a full background check on both men. By the next evening, the dossier landed on his desk:
The Abbé's Profile:
