Chapter 24: A Desperate Encounter

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌⁠When the Viscount Massetti quitted the insane asylum, Monte-Cristo provided quarters for him at the Hotel de France where he could be near both himself and his daughter. During the period of the young Italian's convalescence the Count had refrained from communicating to him the details of the foul conspiracy disclosed by Peppino, but no sooner was Zuleika's betrothed installed in the hotel than he