Chapter 25, The Unknown, Chapter 26, The Pont Du Gard Inn, and Chapter 27, The Story Summary

Edmond Dantes carries some of the treasure off the island with him when the smugglers return. Dantes buys a yacht and takes it to Monte Cristo to claim the rest of the treasure. Dantes, who has now obtained an English passport, returns to Marseilles. (Chapter 26, The Pont Du Gard Inn) Caderousse, Edmond Dante's former neighbor, now owns an inn in France. He is visited one night by a man purporting to be an Italian priest, who says he was called to give Dantes his last rites. He tells Caderousse that Dantes died in prison, but Dantes first asked the priest to clear his name. The priest says Dantes had a diamond from a rich friend who was also in...