The Count of Monte Cristo

M. Morrel does his best to renew his credit before his next meeting with the Englishman but fails. He travels to Paris to appeal to Danglars but is rejected. Julie writes to her brother, Maximilien, who is a soldier, and begs him to return home. On the day that M. Morrel’s next payments are due, Julie receives a letter signed “Sinbad the Sailor,” telling her to go to Edmond’s old address and collect a red silk purse left on the mantelpiece.

Maximilien finds his father, disgraced by his inability to repay his debts, preparing to shoot himself. At the last moment, Julie returns with the red silk purse, which contains a notice that M. Morrel’s debts have been paid and an enormous diamond with a note saying it is for Julie’s dowry. The family then receives notice that the Pharaon has reappeared after all. An exact duplicate of the lost ship has just sailed into the harbor, manned by the same crew and carrying the same cargo. As Maximilien and his father embrace by the waterfront, the family is watched by a bearded man who then boards a yacht. As the yacht sails away, its passenger, Edmond, says that he is done with kindness and with rewarding the good: “May the God of