Pont du Gard Inn
A failing roadside tavern between Beaucaire and Bellegarde, kept by Caderousse and his wife.
Story so far
The Pont du Gard Inn is a small, dilapidated roadside hostelry on the post road between Beaucaire and Bellegarde, backing onto the Rhône, its tin signboard creaking in the Mistral. Once modestly prosperous, it has been all but ruined since a new canal diverted the traffic that was its livelihood, leaving Caderousse to keep a listless watch at the door for guests who seldom come. Here the disguised Edmond Dantès, posing as an Italian priest, coaxes from Caderousse the full history of his betrayal over a bottle of Cahors, and rewards the confession with a diamond—an act that will draw fresh misfortune under this roof.
Appearance
A shabby two-storey tavern with a parlor-kitchen below and a bedchamber above, a trap-door cellar, a grotesque tin sign, and a parched garden of dusty olives and figs baking in the southern sun.
Role
The setting of Caderousse's confession and the diamond's fateful gift.
Relationships
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- A failing roadside tavern between Beaucaire and Bellegarde, kept by Caderousse and his wife.