The Count of Monte Cristo

Monte Cristo’s Acceptance of Haydée’s Love

Monte Cristo’s Acceptance of Haydée’s Love Monte Cristo asks Haydée if she loves him, and she cries out her love for him as a father, brother, and husband, declaring him the best and noblest of created beings. He opens his arms and she springs into them. He tells her that God has pardoned him, that one word from her has enlightened him more than twenty years of experience, and that through her he will again take hold on life, through her suffer, and through her rejoice. He accepts his fate, whether recompense or punishment, and embraces her.

Morrel’s Revival and Initial Despair

Morrel’s Revival and Initial Despair After nearly an hour during which Valentine watches over him breathlessly, Morrel’s heart begins to beat, faint breath plays on his lips, and a shudder passes through his frame. When his eyes open, they are at first fixed and expressionless; then, as sight and feeling return, grief overwhelms him. He cries that the Count has deceived him, for he is still alive, and he seizes a knife from the table.

Valentine Reassures the Revived Morrel

Valentine Reassures the Revived Morrel Valentine, with her adorable smile, gently calls to him to awake and look at her. Morrel, frantic and doubtful, dazzled as though by a celestial vision, utters a loud exclamation and falls upon his knees before her.

Jacopo Delivers Monte Cristo’s Farewell Letter

Jacopo Delivers Monte Cristo’s Farewell Letter The next morning at daybreak, Valentine and Morrel walk arm-in-arm on the seashore as Valentine recounts how Monte Cristo appeared in her room, revealed the crime against her, and saved her life by enabling her to simulate death. They emerge from the open grotto beneath a sky still glittering with stars. Morrel spots a man waiting among the rocks; Valentine identifies him as Jacopo, the captain of the yacht, and beckons him forward. Jacopo announces that he bears a letter from the Count and hands it over.