The Count of Monte Cristo

The Father’s Last Words

M. Morrel believed the action was miraculously performed—a benefactor risen from the grave. His dying words to Maximilian were: “It was Edmond Dantès!” The count’s paleness becomes alarming at hearing this name.

Edmond Dantès Named

Maximilian recalls how his father cherished this conviction as a touching superstition, musing over the name of a dear friend lost forever. The count remains visibly shaken by the identification.

The Count’s Departure

Monte Cristo takes his leave hastily, pressing the hands of Emmanuel and Maximilian while expressing gratitude for their welcome. Emmanuel finds him strange, but Maximilian perceives his excellent heart. Julie feels his voice echoes in her memory as something previously heard.

第五十一章 Pyramus and Thisbe

This chapter opens by establishing the setting of an abandoned kitchen-garden behind a grand mansion on Paris’s Faubourg Saint-Honoré, laying the groundwork for the secret rendezvous between Valentine de Villefort and Maximilian Morrel. This chapter centers on a private conversation between Valentine de Villefort and Maximilian Morrel, during which Valentine details the personal, familial, and political barriers preventing their romantic union, before she is abruptly summoned to greet a visitor.

第五十一章 Pyramus and Thisbe

This chapter opens by establishing the setting of an abandoned kitchen-garden behind a grand mansion on Paris’s Faubourg Saint-Honoré, laying the groundwork for the secret rendezvous between Valentine de Villefort and Maximilian Morrel.