The Secret Cave Begins (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 24 – Part 1)
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Alone at last, Dantès stands beneath the burning midday sun on Monte Cristo.
In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 24, he feels the eerie sensation of being watched, even in solitude. Gun in hand, he climbs to the highest rock to survey the horizon — not gazing at Corsica, Sardinia, or Elba, but fixed on the departing ships that had left him free to pursue his destiny.
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