Calico Illustrated Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo

Calico Illustrated Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo — page 1
1 The Arrival On February 24 1815 the platform was covered with spectators It was always an event at Marseille for a ship to come into port One man did not wait for the vessel to arrive but jumped into a small boat When the boat approached the Pharaon a fine tall young fellow with black eyes and hair as dark as a raven’s wing came to the ship’s side Ah is it you Dantes cried the man in the boat Why have you such an air of sadness aboard A great misfortune Monsieur Morrel replied the young man We lost our brave Captain Leclere to brain fever 4