The count of Monte Cristo chapters 9-10 Summary, Cuevas

Chapter 9: Dantes decides to commit suicide. He throws his food out the window. His resolve
to die is broken by the sounds of another prisoner digging. The thoughts of escape and the
thoughts of a companion rejuvenate him. The prisoner tells him that he has been imprisoned
since 1811, He also tells Dantes that if Dantes was nineteen years old in 1815, then Dantes is
now almost twenty-six years old. More time has passed than Dantes realized.

Chapter 10: This chapter talks about the meeting and the friendship of Dantes with another
political prisoner, Abbe Faria. This prisoner has spent years tunneling his way to freedom. The
Abbe is crushed. He shows Dantes the tools he made and his writing, A Treatise on the
Possibility of Monarchy in Italy. He shares his knowledge of languages, mathematics, and
science with Dantes over the next few years. The Abbe also aids Dantes in deducing who was
responsible for Dantes' incarceration. Before they are able to finish, Abbe had an attack, which
paralyzes his arm. He informs Dantes that he will die very soon, and encourages Dante to
escape without him, Dantes refuses to leave him.