"When at last he reached home, eleven and a half years after setting off, and having acheived nothing, he discovered that his relatives had had him declared dead in his absence and had enthusiastically plundered is estate."
I know this isn't a very important part of the chapter, but I was just wondering, like, they didn't need proof of death before declaring someone dead??
It amazes me that his family would go through such lengths to get his money. Did they really think he was dead? Did they dislike him? Or did they just want his money? It's crazy how they could just call someone dead after a couple years of not hearing from them and then take all their possessions. I don't know. I guess I would have kind of did the same thing if someone disappeared for a decade and some months and never gave any sign of them being alive (especially because back then they didn't have phones or cars or anything.) But it's just... like... that's rude. Did they even look for him?
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