de Boville

Chapter 28 - The Prison Register

de Boville — aliases: M. de Boville, the inspector

M. de Boville, the inspector of prisons and a major creditor of Morrel, is desperate over his financial losses. He agrees to the Englishman's offer to buy his debt at face value, then eagerly recounts the story of Dantès's apparent drowning and provides the official prison registers and dossiers for inspection.