The Count and Counting

In case I forget about this important thought...
There is a moment when the Count says "mysteriously", "One!" I have about one hundred pages left and I haven't seen any further counting from the Count. Presently, it is evoking the way "The Count" from Sesame Street counts. I will be happy to have the answer to my question. I'm curious to see if I am correct in my assumptions that he is calculating how many reparations he has completed. As of yet, no further indication is given.
I'm really enjoying this novel. In the first few hundred pages I was wondering about vengeance and how such a tale has continued to have such popularity throughout time. Assuredly, it is more important to finish reading the novel to understand that it is not a tale of complete vengeance, but rather the way those who do not repent easily fall into their own vices to eventually bring sorrow upon themselves. It's more the saying of "what goes around, comes around."
I adore the figures of Morrel's daughter Julie and her husband Emmanuel Herbaut. In a time of economic turmoil and our own strivings to get out of debt and own our home, these characters may be very sideline types, but they are heroes in their own right. More people need to evaluate who they should be emmulating: the Danglers and Villeforts or the Herbauts. Truly, we would solve such world crises if individuals found satisfaction in being able to fulfill their true needs instead of trying to create a world of unsatisfiable wants.