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Chapter 6 - The Deputy Crown Prosecutor

— aliases: Daughter of the Comte de Salvieux, Friend of Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran

A pretty young guest expresses her curiosity about attending a court of assizes, prompting Villefort to describe the spectacle of justice in vivid, unsettling terms. Villefort quotes the Latin tag 'Cedant arma togae'. The Marquise remarks that this role will serve to obliterate the memory of the role played by Villefort's father. Villefort gives Renée a look.