Dantes's former next-door neighbor and a tailor they borrowed from. Although he seems harmless at first, he is an opportunistic and cowardly man. He is at the table in the tavern when the treasonous compass planned by Danglars is written; even though he does not want to be a deliberate part of the plan, he just watches what happens while drunk. Later, he remains silent because he feels danger and does not dare to stand in the face of justice. His silence makes him one of the passive but most critical pillars of the three-person betrayal mechanism that led to Dantes's tragic journey to prison.
While he was a failed tailor who was the Dantes's neighbor, he later turned into a pathetic, destitute man after running the Pont du Gard Inn.
A dark-featured man from Southern France with a sallow complexion, thin, with a nose like an eagle's beak, white teeth, and eyes that dart about cunningly. Later, as an innkeeper, he takes on a face thoroughly worn by poverty.
Danglars
The conspirator from whom he receives advice and action in the heat of drink, but whom he inwardly fears.
Edmond Dantes
The innocent next-door neighbor with whom he was actually close, but whom he sacrificed to the compass of betrayal by remaining silent.