📚 Summary: Edmond Dantès expertly oversees the anchoring of the Pharaon, continuing to impress M. Morrel with his leadership and skill, much to Danglars’ jealous disdain. As Danglars questions Dantès about his stop at Elba, Dantès explains it was to deliver a packet for Marshal Bertrand per Captain Leclère’s dying instructions. M. Morrel’s discreet question about Napoleon reveals the shadow of history looming over the events of February 1815.
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