The Count of Monte Cristo - Chapter 30 – The Fifth of September

After months of mounting debt and despair, Monsieur Morrel faces ruin on the fifth of September. Every effort to save his shipping firm has failed—even old friends turn him away. As his family prepares for the worst, a mysterious letter from “Sinbad the Sailor” sends Julie on a desperate errand that ends in a miracle: a red silk purse containing the exact sum Morrel owes and a diamond marked as her dowry. Moments later, the long-lost Pharaon sails into port, restored and renamed. The family’s deliverance is complete—while, from the shadows, Edmond Dantès departs to begin his mission of vengeance.