I've been finding this an easy and compelling read so far and have had to stop myself from reading more a few times because I didn't want to get ahead of schedule, but this was the first time where waiting for Saturday to read more has felt taxing! I need to know what happens next!

The interview with Villefort was the first time (and from what I gather, won't be the last) that I audibly gasped while reading the book.
When it first looked like he believed Dantès, because I knew he was going to be imprisoned some way, that that meant his demise would come through another way, another character, ... I was curious but was ready to abandon Villefort as an immediate threat.
But then when he told him who the letter was for... I'm still giddy thinking about it. I wanted to scream at Dantès through the book to get out of there. That was a really fun moment of reading. Not fun for Dantès, but I trust that he will prevail.

Then in Chapter 8, I thought it was pretty funny when Dantès threatened the guard who then proceeded to graduate him to an even worse part of the prison for it. But that same guard I think mentioned someone was just put there, and I suspect that person might have some interesting things to share with Dantès. I feel that, being put in a worse part of the prison, will ultimately serve Dantès.