The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 24 summary

What happens

1. He uses gunpowder and a wooden lever to dislodge the rock, exposing a flagstone and steps into a cavern.
2. Despite fears that Caesar Borgia has taken the treasure, Dantès descends and finds a disguised wall blocking another cavern.
3. He breaks through, digs in the second cavern, and uncovers a chest bearing the Spada family’s arms.
4. Dantès forces the chest open and discovers gold coins, gold bars, pearls, diamonds, and rubies.
5. Overwhelmed, he prays, counts part of his fortune, eats a small supper, and sleeps across the cave entrance.

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What to notice

The recognizable chest ends Dantès’s repeated doubts about Faria’s guidance. His search reaches a definite discovery rather than another uncertain clue.

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