Section 6: Volume 2, chapters 7-9 Summary

Chapter seven tells how Count Morano swears vengeance after learning of Montoni's departure. Montoni discovers that Count Morano's circumstances are less affluent and suspects that the count plans to defraud him of Emily's estate, which he demands as a fee, when Count Morano does not arrive to sign the contract. Count Morano arrives at castle di Udolpho and Montoni agrees to settle the matter the next day, but Count Morano decides to abduct Emily when he considers Montoni's duplicity. Carlo overhears his plot, and they rescue Emily. A group of banditti arrives at the castle, and Montoni questions the porter, incorrectly deeming the man not guilty. Annette visits Emily and shows her a picture of the lady who disappeared twenty years ago. When Emily visits Mme. Montoni, her aunt laments her marriage: Montoni is ruined, has spent...