 Fernand is confronted with Dantès' true identity and shoots himself.Albert and Mercédès renounce their titles and wealth and depart to begin new lives.Valentine, Villefort's daughter by his late first wife, stands to inherit the fortune of her grandfather (Noirtier) and of her mother's parents (the Saint-Mérans), while Villefort's second wife Héloïse seeks the fortune for her son Édouard.