Chapter 27: The Bandits' Reprisals

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​⁠Monte-Cristo was astounded when he saw Luigi Vampa arrested by the Roman policeman and his squad; his first thought was that Peppino, unwilling to let slip so fair an opportunity to obtain vengeance, had betrayed the brigand chief to the authorities; this idea was apparently confirmed by the part the two ex-bandits had taken in their former leader's capture; hence after the officers and their pris