If these two things don’t work out, who can get a woman from them? Who doesn’t want you to be the captain of the Pharaoh?
No, the crew are very fond of me. If they can elect the captain, I’m sure they will choose me alone and feel a little bad about me. I once had a fight with him and even challenged him to a duel, but he refused.
Now we have a clue. What’s this man’s name?
Danglars
What’s his position on the ship?
supercargo
If you become a captain, will you keep him in his post?
I decided that I wouldn’t keep him because I often found his accounts unclear.
Great. Now tell me, was anyone present when you last talked to Captain Lesquereux?
Without the two of us
Will your conversation be overheard by others?
That’s probably because the hatch was open, and wait a minute. Now I remember that Danglars happened to pass by when Captain Lesquereux entrusted me with the package for the Marshal.
That’s right, cried the priest. Let’s get to the point. Who didn’t you take with you when you docked in Elba?
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The man there gave you a letter.
Yes, yes, the marshal gave it to you
Where did you put that letter?
I put it in my notes.
So you’re going with your notes, but how can a business letter note big enough to be clipped fit in a sailor’s pocket?
You’re right. I left my notes on the boat.
So you didn’t put the letter into your notes until you got back to the ship.
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Where did you put this letter before you returned to the ship from Laayo?
I’ve been holding it in my hand.
So when you return to the Pharaoh, everyone can see that you have a letter in your hand.
Of course they can see.
Can Danglars see like everyone else?
Yes, he can see as well as others.
Now, listen to me. Think about all the scenes when you were arrested. Do you remember the letter?
Oh, I remember reading it three times, and those words were deeply engraved in my mind.
Recite it to me. Dantè s pondered for a moment as if he were in the middle of his thoughts, and then said, I will recite it to you word by word. I support the royal church. I hereby report to you that Edmond Dantè s, his mate, the first mate of the Pharaoh, stopped at Laayo port on the way to Naples this morning. This man was ordered by Miao La to deliver a letter to the traitor and the criminal evidence of the Napoleon Party Committee in Paris. The letter can be obtained when he was arrested, either in his body, in his father’s house or in his cabin of the Pharaoh.
