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The abbé’s questions press deeper.
Caderousse admits to once being a tailor, though trade and fortune have both long since vanished. Hoping to please his unusual guest, he produces one of his few remaining bottles of wine, only to find himself under the kind of gaze that strips away excuses.
When asked if he is alone, Caderousse mentions his ailing wife upstairs, but insists that, whatever his poverty, he is at least an honest man. The priest listens, silent and steady, as though weighing the claim against truths only he seems to know.
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The Countdown of Monte Cristo is a daily podcast reading one page at a time from Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel — every day, for four years.
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