Section 15: Volume 4, chapters 14-19 Summary

In chapter fourteen, a stranger arrives with an urgent message for Emily as she is talking to Annette. After initially denying the interview because she thinks it to be Valancourt, Emily admits the stranger, Ludovico, who delivers letters from Count De Villefort relating their adventures, informing her that Blanche is engaged to Chevalier Saint Foix, and inviting her to Chateau le Blanc. Ludovico and Annette are happily reunited. Ludovico explains his disappearance to Emily: in the Marchioness' apartments, he sees a man's face and hears voices behind the door. He feigns sleep, but four pirates kidnap him and take him to Rousillon. They hide their spoils in the vaults of the castle and spread the rumor that Chateau le Blanc is haunted in order to secure their hiding spot. These pirates are connected with the banditti who...