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Summary: Monte Cristo now engages in a clever, complex ruse to win the good graces of the Danglars and Villefort families; He instructs his mute servant to purchase Danglars’s two most beautiful horses for twice their price, knowing that these horses actually belong to Madame Danglars. With these two horses attached to his coach, Monte Cristo then visits Danglars at home in order to open an unlimited credit account with him, an act that astonishes and humbles Danglars, who is now a banker. Madame Danglars is told that her horses have been sold, and she sees them attached to Monte Cristo’s carriage. She becomes enraged with her husband for selling them. Monte Cristo excuses himself from the scene. Later that evening, Monte Cristo, in a gallant gesture, returns the horses as a gift.
Reflection: If it wasn't evident before, Dantes' transformation into the Count is incredible. Monte Cristo and Dantes are different enough to be different people.
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