Chapter 18: More of Peppino's Story

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​⁠Monte-Cristo was horrified by what he had heard. His whole soul revolted at the idea of a father who could deliberately and in cold blood sell his daughter, at the idea of a wretch who with equal deliberation could cast the blame of a villainy committed by himself upon an innocent man. It had seemed very strange to the Count, at the time Luigi Vampa had written to him, that the brigand chief shoul