Ah, Paris. Albert wakes up from a dream (nightmare) in which he envisions the Count posed to stab him with a sword. You would think he would take a hint from all these bad vibes he’s getting off the Count, but he doesn’t. Anyways, he meets up with his high class friends after being picked up by Eugenie (his fiancée) in her car. There’s quite a few new characters introduced from this point on in the episode. The first of which is Franz’s fiancée, Valentine. Another is Maximilien Morrel, a former military hero. Beauchamp, the journalist, and Dupre, the ministry official are also present at the nice little picnic Albert and Franz attend. After the picnic they take a brief trip to the fringes of the “outside world” (everything outside of Paris apparently).
Shortly following, they all leave to go meet the Count at Albert’s house (mansion). Here, Albert defends the Count against his friends’ jeers at how the Count must be a fake since no records of him exist. The Count arrives, accompanied by some nice metaphoric thunder and lightning, and temporary blackout…During the dinner of introductions and questioning of the Count’s true nature, Albert discovers (was utterly shocked) that Peppo was hired as a maid to work for his household. Albert then shows the Count around the mansion, and the episode eventually climaxes with the meeting between the Count, and Albert’s parents. There’s something the Count sees in those eyes of Albert’s mother…
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