Early the next morning, the Dantes family got up early and hurried to the place where they had arranged to meet with Lumier, to take a carriage to their future new home on King Street, located in the heart of the Holy City.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the street, and the coachman looked at the people in the carriage with a troubled expression.
"Sir, carriages without a family crest are not allowed here… Shall we get off here?"
Most wealthy areas of the Holy City prohibit foreign carriages from entering, citing the reason that untrained horses might relieve themselves indiscriminately.
This is actually inaccurate.
After all, Edmond witnessed a carriage with a distinctive family crest drop a large pile on Loyalty Street, which took several days before a neighbor, unable to bear the smell, finally picked it up.
"Here is fine."
