1:40:03
I hope you don't mind
if I join you for a short while.
1:40:07
Your Grace,
I was not expecting you.
1:40:10
I want to thank you in person
for helping me with my shipment.
1:40:13
That, yes. L-I made all
the arrangements earlier.
1:40:17
I can promise you there'll be
no more problems from our end.
1:40:19
Excellent. I think this
could be the start of a long...
1:40:22
and fruitful relationship.
1:40:25
Speaking of which,
may I pose a question?
1:40:29
Yes, of course.
Anything in the world.
1:40:33
I was just curious.
1:40:36
Why did you tell
Countess Mondego 16 years ago...
1:40:40
that Edmond Dantes
had been executed?
1:40:44
- Hmm?
- Uh...
1:40:47
l-I don't understand.
Wh-What on earth are you talking about?
1:40:50
- It's a perfectly simple question.
- How do you know these things?
1:40:57
That's, uh...
That's quite enough.
1:41:01
You-You-You don't understand. Dantes
was accepting a letter from Napoleon.
1:41:04
- That was clearly treason.
- But we both know he never delivered it.
1:41:07
Packing a man off to prison
with such knowledge is bad enough.
But to tell his...
1:41:10
Your Grace, I have no idea what is
provoking this perverse discussion.
1:41:13
Now I ask myself, "What did my old
friend Villefort stand to gain...
1:41:17
by telling Mercedes
that Edmond Dantes is dead? "
1:41:23
The answer is absolutely nothing.
1:41:26
- Just as you say, nothing. So why...
- But if my old friend...
1:41:29
now chief prosecutor of France...
1:41:31
doesn't gain from this lie,
well, who does?
1:41:35
My dear Count, it's far too hot
in here and you're fully dressed.
1:41:41
is Fernand, Count Mondego.
1:41:46
I don't understand what
this inquisition has to do
with our business relationship.
1:41:50
I'm about to tell you.
1:41:55
Sit down, Mondego.
1:41:58
I'm an ambitious man,
and I have furthered these ambitions...