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Dantès had left with a debt to Caderousse, a neighbor, and after Dantès sailed, Caderousse demanded full payment, which amounted to almost the full sum that Dantès left for his father.Ĭaderousse enters, hoping to gain information about Dantès' new post and also to mock Dantès for refusing to flatter Morrel and accept his invitation to dinner.
#THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS PLUS#
Dantès, in contrast, is exultant! He is a captain at nineteen, with a large salary, plus a share in the profits, and he is soon going to be married to the woman he adores! Noticing that his father is obviously very weak, he discovers that his father has very little money. Morrel then questions Dantès about the character of Danglars, the purser of the Pharaon, and Dantès' answer is immediate: Danglars is no friend of his however, as a purser, he is quite satisfactory, and if Morrel is satisfied with Danglars, then Dantès will respect the purser.Īt home, Dantès' sudden appearance causes his father to go terribly pale. He is granted the request moreover, says Morrel, Dantès shall be the new captain of the Pharaon when he returns from Paris - that is, if Morrel can convince his partner to agree to the captainship. Then he asks for two weeks' leave - to be married and to go to Paris. Morrel asks Dantès about Leclère's letter, and the sailor is puzzled. Morrel invites Dantès to dinner, but the young man cannot accept his father awaits him, as does his fiancée, Mercédès. Danglars tries to explain, but it is obvious that he was eavesdropping thus, he hastily excuses himself and says that he was wrong to even mention the letter. Sharply, Morrel asks Danglars how he knew about the packet.
Dantès then leaves to greet a customs officer, and Danglars steps forward, criticizing the handsome young Dantès and asking Morrel about a letter which the captain gave Dantès along with the packet. But he warns him to tell no one about the parcel which he delivered. This news pleases Morrel, and he praises Dantès for stopping at Elba. Whispering, Morrel asks Dantès about the health of Napoleon, and Dantès explains that Napoleon inquired about the ship and its cargo and that he was pleased to discover that the ship belonged to Morrel.
Dantès explains that he was carrying out an order of the late Captain Leclère - to deliver a package to a Marshal Bertrand. Morrel calls to Dantès and asks him if this is true. Dantès, he says, took command of the ship with no authority and then lingered a day at the Isle of Elba instead of sailing on a straight course for Marseilles. Morrel remarks that a life at sea doesn't necessarily guarantee one's worth as a sailor he cites young Dantès' obvious skill and relish for sailoring. Monsieur Danglars, the purser, comes forward to give Morrel further information about the voyage.ĭanglars, a rather melancholy, oily man of about twenty-five, laments the loss of the ship's captain, a man who spent his life at sea. The handsome young man then gives orders to lower the top sails and invites Morrel aboard. The man in the rowboat is Monsieur Morrel, the ship's owner, and he inquires about the gloomy mood of the sailors he is told that their captain died of brain fever, but that the cargo is safe. Suddenly, we see a man being rowed out to the ship, where he hails a tall, dark, and slender young man, Edmond Dantès, on board the Pharaon. Strangely, there is a quiet, solemn air about the approaching ship, even though the pilot seems to have her in perfect control. Like all dockings, this one attracts a large crowd, but this particular ship draws a great crowd because it belongs to a wealthy man of Marseilles, Monsieur Morrel. The Pharaon, a three-masted sailing ship coming from Italy, is docking.
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