The Count of Monte Cristo

第一百十七章 The Fifth of October

Chapter 117, “The Fifth of October,” takes place primarily at sea and on the island of Monte Cristo. Maximilian Morrel, deep in grief, arrives by yacht at dusk to meet the Count, who has summoned him with the promise of a painless death on the date Morrel specified. The chapter traces Morrel’s arrival, his emotional exchange with the Count about whether he is truly beyond consolation, the deadline of the fifth of October at nine o’clock, the entrance into the Count’s luxurious underground grotto, a philosophical conversation about death, the Count’s last-ditch offer of his hundred-million fortune to keep Morrel alive, Morrel’s steadfast refusal, his acceptance and consumption of a mysterious substance, and the gradual onset of its effects as the chapter ends. Chapter 117. The Fifth of October The chapter resolves the principal fates in the Count of Monte Cristo. Morrel lies dying and receives a vision of Monte Cristo and Valentine; Monte Cristo reunites the lovers and requests that Valentine watch over Haydée. When Monte Cristo announces that Haydée must leave him, she confesses her love, which he accepts as a sign of divine pardon. After Morrel revives, Jacopo delivers Monte Cristo’s farewell letter bequeathing his properties to the young couple and entrusting them with the maxim “Wait and hope.” The Count and Haydée then depart by sea as Morrel and Valentine watch from the shore.

第一百十七章 The Fifth of October

Chapter 117, “The Fifth of October,” takes place primarily at sea and on the island of Monte Cristo. Maximilian Morrel, deep in grief, arrives by yacht at dusk to meet the Count, who has summoned him with the promise of a painless death on the date Morrel specified. The chapter traces Morrel’s arrival, his emotional exchange with the Count about whether he is truly beyond consolation, the deadline of the fifth of October at nine o’clock, the entrance into the Count’s luxurious underground grotto, a philosophical conversation about death, the Count’s last-ditch offer of his hundred-million fortune to keep Morrel alive, Morrel’s steadfast refusal, his acceptance and consumption of a mysterious substance, and the gradual onset of its effects as the chapter ends.