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Fernand 's jealousy so took possession of him that he fell in willingly with a scheme which the envious Danglars proposed . Making use of Dantès ' compromising visit to Elba , they addressed an anonymous denunciation to the _ procureur du roi _ , which , in this period of Bonapartist plots , was indeed a formidable matter . Caderousse , a boon companion , was at first taken into their confidence , but as he came to think it a dangerous trick to play the young captain , he refused to take part in it . On the morrow the wedding-feast took place , and at two o'clock Dantès , radiant with joy and happiness , prepared to accompany his bride to the hotel de ville for the civil ceremony . But at that moment the measured tread of soldiery was heard on the stairs , and a magistrate presented himself , bearing an order for the arrest of Edmond Dantès . Resistance or remonstrance was useless , and Dantès suffered himself to be taken to Marseilles , where he was examined by the deputy _ procureur du roi , _ M. de Villefort . To him , on demand , he recounted the story of his visit to Elba .