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For people following chapters this is approximately chapter XLV - LIII or 45 - 53

I'm on Chapter 50 (he's visiting the Morrel family) and I'm sucked in but all the characters are a bit confusing.

Also, I'm wondering about that servant that killed the guy in Montecristo's garden. Did Dantes know about that in advance? If so, how? I could have missed it since I put the book down for a long time and, as I said, there are so many darned characters, it's hard to keep them all straight! At least for me.

I'm not at this part yet Ellen, I'll try to catch up to you this weekend so we can chat!

Andrea -- spoilers! Don't read until you're done with this section.

I don't think he did, though it's not necessarily clear from the story. Perhaps he knew that Bertuccio had a vendetta against Villefort, but not about the baby.

It's funny how much the book seems to waver between luck / circumstance, and how much Monte Cristo can manipulate things.

Thanks, Kara. That's a great observation about luck and circumstance. On the one hand, everybody - even Monte Cristo - is so subject to that. And on the other, so much only seems that way to the people involved, who are really subject to his manipulations.