The Count of Monte Cristo stays for dinner with Albert's parents, General Fernand and Mercédès de Morcerf. The Count then converses with General de Morcerf about his military experience. When the Count refuses to eat, Mercédès insists that he eat one of her specialities, which causes the Count to reminisce about Marseille. Peppo taunts Albert into thinking that his mother will fall in love with the Count and he becomes fixated upon his mother's locked drawer after he sees her reminiscing over an old photograph. Albert and his friends later visit the Count's mansion on the Champs-Élysées where they descend into the depths of his house to a city of gold. The Count then gives Albert a sword.