The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 39: The Guests
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Albert prepares his home for the Count of Monte Cristo.
Albert prepares his home for the Count of Monte Cristo.
Tom attempts to stay home from school, with painful and unexpected results. While going to school Tom runs into his friend Huckleberry Finn.
Holmes calls Watson to witness his last move in a case about the murder of a colonel. His wife is the prime suspect because they were having an argument when he died.
The military continues to engage the Martians, who make use of a new type weapon.
The King of Bohemia seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in securing a picture that could be used against him in the political scene.
Becky awakes to find that her situation has changed. Lady Jane gives Sir Pitt a choice. Rawdon receives some favorable news.
Railway agent Mike Flannery wants to charge the livestock rate for a shipment of two guinea pigs. He refuses to accept the lower pet rate saying “Pigs is Pigs.” The grumbling customer complains to the railway company. Meanwhile while the guinea pigs reproduce and eat in Flannery’s stationhouse.
Elsie marries Hilton Cubitt and tells him not to ask her about her past. She gets a letters from the United States and pictures of small dancing men start appearing everywhere around her. Holmes is brought in to get to the bottom of the pictures. From then on, things get worse until Holmes cracks the case.
Has-se shares the secret of the fort with Rene. The provisions are traded. The men make ready to return to France.
The Trojans and Achaeans come to an agreement in an attempt to establish peace. Paris and Menelaus face each other in battle, but outside forces intervene on the outcome.
During his visit, Kenyon asks Donatello to let him mold a bust of him.
Dantes visits the Island of Monte Cristo.
Griffin tells of taking refuge in a house. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Heyward infiltrates the Huron camp. A captured Uncas escapes with help from Heyward.
A fairy tale in which a king promises a mermaid that he will give her his first born child. The prince that is born spends his life running from the mermaid and does escape her.
The group confronts the gypsies transporting Dracula. The fates of each are revealed.
Raskolnikov visits Sonya's home to pick up his cross, before heading to the police station to confess his crimes.
The following is an account written by Emily Holder describing her memories of Fort Jefferson. They tell the poignant and often fascinating story of the hardships, isolation and drama of daily life at the Dry Tortugas in the nineteenth century.
A man comes to Mycroft Holmes and tells him of his strange encounter. Sherlock Holmes then becomes involved because of his brother’s laziness.
David is sent to Salem House by Mr. Mudstone.
Victor puts off the creation of the female creature and decides he needs to travel to England to gather information. He begins a two-year tour of England in order to fill his obligation before his marriage to Elizabeth.
Villefort questions Dantes and makes a serious discovery.
Eliza pays a visit to Higgins and Pickering.
In the forest, Hester and Dimmesdale are finally able to escape both the public eye and Chillingworth. They join hands and sit in a secluded spot near a brook. Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband. The former lovers plot to steal away on a ship to Europe, where they can live with Pearl as a family.
The narrator explores Claude Frollo's statements concerning the printed book in his laboratory.