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In
the
court
he
found
Penelon
,
who
,
with
a
rouleau
of
a
hundred
francs
in
either
hand
,
seemed
unable
to
make
up
his
mind
to
retain
them
.
"
Come
with
me
,
my
friend
,
"
said
the
Englishman
;
"
I
wish
to
speak
to
you
.
"
The
extension
provided
for
by
the
agent
of
Thomson
&
French
,
at
the
moment
when
Morrel
expected
it
least
,
was
to
the
poor
shipowner
so
decided
a
stroke
of
good
fortune
that
he
almost
dared
to
believe
that
fate
was
at
length
grown
weary
of
wasting
her
spite
upon
him
.
The
same
day
he
told
his
wife
,
Emmanuel
,
and
his
daughter
all
that
had
occurred
;
and
a
ray
of
hope
,
if
not
of
tranquillity
,
returned
to
the
family
.
Unfortunately
,
however
,
Morrel
had
not
only
engagements
with
the
house
of
Thomson
&
French
,
who
had
shown
themselves
so
considerate
towards
him
;
and
,
as
he
had
said
,
in
business
he
had
correspondents
,
and
not
friends
.
When
he
thought
the
matter
over
,
he
could
by
no
means
account
for
this
generous
conduct
on
the
part
of
Thomson
&
French
towards
him
;
and
could
only
attribute
it
to
some
such
selfish
argument
as
this
:
--
"
We
had
better
help
a
man
who
owes
us
nearly
300,000
francs
,
and
have
those
300,000
francs
at
the
end
of
three
months
than
hasten
his
ruin
,
and
get
only
six
or
eight
per
cent
of
our
money
back
again
.
"
Unfortunately
,
whether
through
envy
or
stupidity
,
all
Morrel
's
correspondents
did
not
take
this
view
;
and
some
even
came
to
a
contrary
decision
.
The
bills
signed
by
Morrel
were
presented
at
his
office
with
scrupulous
exactitude
,
and
,
thanks
to
the
delay
granted
by
the
Englishman
,
were
paid
by
Cocles
with
equal
punctuality
.
Cocles
thus
remained
in
his
accustomed
tranquillity
.
It
was
Morrel
alone
who
remembered
with
alarm
,
that
if
he
had
to
repay
on
the
15th
the
50,000
francs
of
M.
de
Boville
,
and
on
the
30th
the
32,500
francs
of
bills
,
for
which
,
as
well
as
the
debt
due
to
the
inspector
of
prisons
,
he
had
time
granted
,
he
must
be
a
ruined
man
.
The
opinion
of
all
the
commercial
men
was
that
,
under
the
reverses
which
had
successively
weighed
down
Morrel
,
it
was
impossible
for
him
to
remain
solvent
.
Great
,
therefore
,
was
the
astonishment
when
at
the
end
of
the
month
,
he
cancelled
all
his
obligations
with
his
usual
punctuality
.
Still
confidence
was
not
restored
to
all
minds
,
and
the
general
opinion
was
that
the
complete
ruin
of
the
unfortunate
shipowner
had
been
postponed
only
until
the
end
of
the
month
.
The
month
passed
,
and
Morrel
made
extraordinary
efforts
to
get
in
all
his
resources
.
Formerly
his
paper
,
at
any
date
,
was
taken
with
confidence
,
and
was
even
in
request
.
Morrel
now
tried
to
negotiate
bills
at
ninety
days
only
,
and
none
of
the
banks
would
give
him
credit
.
Fortunately
,
Morrel
had
some
funds
coming
in
on
which
he
could
rely
;
and
,
as
they
reached
him
,
he
found
himself
in
a
condition
to
meet
his
engagements
when
the
end
of
July
came
.
The
agent
of
Thomson
&
French
had
not
been
again
seen
at
Marseilles
;
the
day
after
,
or
two
days
after
his
visit
to
Morrel
,
he
had
disappeared
;
and
as
in
that
city
he
had
had
no
intercourse
but
with
the
mayor
,
the
inspector
of
prisons
,
and
M.
Morrel
,
his
departure
left
no
trace
except
in
the
memories
of
these
three
persons
.
As
to
the
sailors
of
the
Pharaon
,
they
must
have
found
snug
berths
elsewhere
,
for
they
also
had
disappeared
.
Captain
Gaumard
,
recovered
from
his
illness
,
had
returned
from
Palma
.
He
delayed
presenting
himself
at
Morrel
's
,
but
the
owner
,
hearing
of
his
arrival
,
went
to
see
him
.
The
worthy
shipowner
knew
,
from
Penelon
's
recital
,
of
the
captain
's
brave
conduct
during
the
storm
,
and
tried
to
console
him
.
He
brought
him
also
the
amount
of
his
wages
,
which
Captain
Gaumard
had
not
dared
to
apply
for
.
As
he
descended
the
staircase
,
Morrel
met
Penelon
,
who
was
going
up
.
Penelon
had
,
it
would
seem
,
made
good
use
of
his
money
,
for
he
was
newly
clad
.
When
he
saw
his
employer
,
the
worthy
tar
seemed
much
embarrassed
,
drew
on
one
side
into
the
corner
of
the
landing-place
,
passed
his
quid
from
one
cheek
to
the
other
,
stared
stupidly
with
his
great
eyes
,
and
only
acknowledged
the
squeeze
of
the
hand
which
Morrel
as
usual
gave
him
by
a
slight
pressure
in
return
.
Morrel
attributed
Penelon
's
embarrassment
to
the
elegance
of
his
attire
;
it
was
evident
the
good
fellow
had
not
gone
to
such
an
expense
on
his
own
account
;
he
was
,
no
doubt
,
engaged
on
board
some
other
vessel
,
and
thus
his
bashfulness
arose
from
the
fact
of
his
not
having
,
if
we
may
so
express
ourselves
,
worn
mourning
for
the
Pharaon
longer
.
Perhaps
he
had
come
to
tell
Captain
Gaumard
of
his
good
luck
,
and
to
offer
him
employment
from
his
new
master
.
"
Worthy
fellows
!
"
said
Morrel
,
as
he
went
away
,
"
may
your
new
master
love
you
as
I
loved
you
,
and
be
more
fortunate
than
I
have
been
!
"
August
rolled
by
in
unceasing
efforts
on
the
part
of
Morrel
to
renew
his
credit
or
revive
the
old
.
On
the
20th
of
August
it
was
known
at
Marseilles
that
he
had
left
town
in
the
mailcoach
,
and
then
it
was
said
that
the
bills
would
go
to
protest
at
the
end
of
the
month
,
and
that
Morrel
had
gone
away
and
left
his
chief
clerk
Emmanuel
,
and
his
cashier
Cocles
,
to
meet
the
creditors
.
But
,
contrary
to
all
expectation
,
when
the
31st
of
August
came
,
the
house
opened
as
usual
,
and
Cocles
appeared
behind
the
grating
of
the
counter
,
examined
all
bills
presented
with
the
usual
scrutiny
,
and
,
from
first
to
last
,
paid
all
with
the
usual
precision
.
There
came
in
,
moreover
,
two
drafts
which
M.
Morrel
had
fully
anticipated
,
and
which
Cocles
paid
as
punctually
as
the
bills
which
the
shipowner
had
accepted
.
All
this
was
incomprehensible
,
and
then
,
with
the
tenacity
peculiar
to
prophets
of
bad
news
,
the
failure
was
put
off
until
the
end
of
September
.
On
the
1st
,
Morrel
returned
;
he
was
awaited
by
his
family
with
extreme
anxiety
,
for
from
this
journey
to
Paris
they
hoped
great
things
.
Morrel
had
thought
of
Danglars
,
who
was
now
immensely
rich
,
and
had
lain
under
great
obligations
to
Morrel
in
former
days
,
since
to
him
it
was
owing
that
Danglars
entered
the
service
of
the
Spanish
banker
,
with
whom
he
had
laid
the
foundations
of
his
vast
wealth
.
It
was
said
at
this
moment
that
Danglars
was
worth
from
six
to
eight
millions
of
francs
,
and
had
unlimited
credit
.
Danglars
,
then
,
without
taking
a
crown
from
his
pocket
,
could
save
Morrel
;
he
had
but
to
pass
his
word
for
a
loan
,
and
Morrel
was
saved
.
Morrel
had
long
thought
of
Danglars
,
but
had
kept
away
from
some
instinctive
motive
,
and
had
delayed
as
long
as
possible
availing
himself
of
this
last
resource
.
And
Morrel
was
right
,
for
he
returned
home
crushed
by
the
humiliation
of
a
refusal
.
Yet
,
on
his
arrival
,
Morrel
did
not
utter
a
complaint
,
or
say
one
harsh
word
.
He
embraced
his
weeping
wife
and
daughter
,
pressed
Emmanuel
's
hand
with
friendly
warmth
,
and
then
going
to
his
private
room
on
the
second
floor
had
sent
for
Cocles
.
"
Then
,
"
said
the
two
women
to
Emmanuel
,
"
we
are
indeed
ruined
.
"
It
was
agreed
in
a
brief
council
held
among
them
,
that
Julie
should
write
to
her
brother
,
who
was
in
garrison
at
Nimes
,
to
come
to
them
as
speedily
as
possible
.
The
poor
women
felt
instinctively
that
they
required
all
their
strength
to
support
the
blow
that
impended
.
Besides
,
Maximilian
Morrel
,
though
hardly
two
and
twenty
,
had
great
influence
over
his
father
.
He
was
a
strong-minded
,
upright
young
man
.
At
the
time
when
he
decided
on
his
profession
his
father
had
no
desire
to
choose
for
him
,
but
had
consulted
young
Maximilian
's
taste
.
He
had
at
once
declared
for
a
military
life
,
and
had
in
consequence
studied
hard
,
passed
brilliantly
through
the
Polytechnic
School
,
and
left
it
as
sub-lieutenant
of
the
53d
of
the
line
.
For
a
year
he
had
held
this
rank
,
and
expected
promotion
on
the
first
vacancy
.
In
his
regiment
Maximilian
Morrel
was
noted
for
his
rigid
observance
,
not
only
of
the
obligations
imposed
on
a
soldier
,
but
also
of
the
duties
of
a
man
;
and
he
thus
gained
the
name
of
"
the
stoic
.
"
We
need
hardly
say
that
many
of
those
who
gave
him
this
epithet
repeated
it
because
they
had
heard
it
,
and
did
not
even
know
what
it
meant
.
This
was
the
young
man
whom
his
mother
and
sister
called
to
their
aid
to
sustain
them
under
the
serious
trial
which
they
felt
they
would
soon
have
to
endure
.
They
had
not
mistaken
the
gravity
of
this
event
,
for
the
moment
after
Morrel
had
entered
his
private
office
with
Cocles
,
Julie
saw
the
latter
leave
it
pale
,
trembling
,
and
his
features
betraying
the
utmost
consternation
.
She
would
have
questioned
him
as
he
passed
by
her
,
but
the
worthy
creature
hastened
down
the
staircase
with
unusual
precipitation
,
and
only
raised
his
hands
to
heaven
and
exclaimed
,
"
Oh
,
mademoiselle
,
mademoiselle
,
what
a
dreadful
misfortune
!
Who
could
ever
have
believed
it
!
"
A
moment
afterwards
Julie
saw
him
go
up-stairs
carrying
two
or
three
heavy
ledgers
,
a
portfolio
,
and
a
bag
of
money
.
