Werre you expecting something witty?

I'm still a little fuzzy on the details, but it appears that the count has freed several criminals, so that they in turn would capture Albert. Instead, they captured his friend, Franz, but still the count is now Albert's friend. Using this as a motive, he has renovated an old manor on Champs Elysies to his particular tastes. Now back in French Society, he has met all his old friends and enemies. He saved his old boss from commiting suicide when his company was sinking, and now his son (Maximillian) has fallen in love with the daugher of his enemy Villefort (Valentine, though the count does not know of it yet). Already, It appears that the count has done some digging into the count of Morcerf's past life in the Ottoman Empire, and he now keeps a slave girl of particular importance (though he refuses to admit she is a slave). Also, Danglers has lost several hundred thousand pounds in a failed business venture, one of many I'm sure...