Chapters 21 and 22 Summary

In chapter twenty-one, the reader learns exactly what it was that the Marquis was holding against La Motte. During his first days at the abbey, La Motte had come upon the Marquis riding in the forest and had robbed him. When La Motte and the Marquis met again in the abbey, the Marquis told La Motte he would not turn him over to authorities only if La Motte would give Adeline to him. During La Motte's trial, the Marquis is questioned concerning why he waited so late to charge La Motte with the theft. The trial is postponed because the Marquis has two more witnesses who have not yet arrived in Paris.

Meanwhile, La Luc has arrived in Paris to present his son's case before the king. He returns to his family with no good news. Since he is worn out...