Baron Danglars
Chapter 46 - Unlimited Credit
Baron Danglars — aliases: The banker, Monsieur le Baron
Danglars arrives at the Count’s house to investigate an unlimited credit, confronts the Count at his own office, and ultimately yields to the Count's displayed wealth, granting him six million francs. He then attempts to flatter the Count by showing him art and introducing him to his wife and secretary.
Chapter 62 - Ghosts
Baron — aliases: Danglars, the banker
Danglars arrives pale and ill-concealed, tearing leaves from an orange tree and pricking himself on a cactus. He asks about the Cavalcantis and makes a surry comment about horses, displaying his gloomy disposition.
Chapter 65 - A Domestic Scene
Danglars / Baron
Danglars intercepts his wife’s guest and commands Debray to leave. He then confronts Hermine, accusing her of financial ruin through her liaison with Debray and exposing his knowledge of her past infidelities and financial dealings to assert total control over the household and her secrets.
Chapter 66 - Marriage Plans
Danglars / Baron Danglars — aliases: the banker
Danglars visits the Count of Monte Cristo after a day of financial distress and political agitation, detailing his losses in Spain and a bankruptcy in Trieste involving Jacopo Manfredi. He discusses the credit he opened for Major Cavalcanti's son, Andrea, and engages in a conversation with the Count that shifts from business to the social standing of the Cavalcantis versus the Morcerfs, eventually agreeing to investigate the past of Fernand Mondego.
Chapter 76 - The Progress of the Younger Cavalcanti
Danglars / Baron — aliases: Monsieur, the banker
Baron Danglars is visibly agitated by the news from Greece regarding Fernand and frustrated by Albert’s lack of jealousy over his daughter. He uses the Count’s presence to vent his anxieties about the match between Eugénie and Andrea, urging the Count to pressure the Morcerf family into finalizing the marriage contract.
Chapter 96 - The Marriage Contract
Danglars / Baron — aliases: M. Danglars, the banker
Baron Danglars hosts the marriage contract signing, explaining his tax theories and expressing indifference to Villefort's absence. He is terrified when the Count reveals the evidence of Caderousse's murder and his own name on the incriminating letter, watching as the police commissioner arrives to investigate the accusation against Andrea.