After years of absence, Edmond walks once more on the streets of Marseilles.

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 25, Dantès sails boldly into the harbor under an English passport and secures his landing without suspicion. His first test comes quickly: meeting a sailor from the Pharaon, one of his old shipmates. Speaking freely, Edmond probes the man with questions — and is relieved when no flicker of recognition passes across his face. Time, imprisonment, and transformation have made him a stranger in his own city.

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