The Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 25 – The Unknown

Edmond Dantès returns from Monte Cristo a changed man—rich beyond imagination, yet burdened by loss. While his loyal friend Jacopo sails to uncover the fate of those he once loved, Edmond hides his treasure and begins to weave a new identity. The truth he discovers in Marseilles is heartbreaking: his father is dead, and Mercédès has vanished. Disguised and unrecognized, he walks through the ruins of his old life—a stranger to the city that once knew him. The man who was Edmond Dantès is gone. In his place stands someone new… the unknown.