Haydée, having seen General de Morcerf at the opera, collapses in shock. Morrel seeks Albert's advice on courting Valentine, but things don't go quite as hoped. Madame Danglars, Héloïse Villefort, and her son Edouard de Villefort are saved by Ali, the Count's servant, when their carriage's horses run amok not far from his residence. The Count later gives Héloïse a weapon disguised as a rubied ring, but their intimate moment is spied upon by Albert.