The Cemetery of the Château d'If — The Count of Monte Cristo

Faria lies in his canvas sack on the bed while Edmond sits in grief. The friend who gave his mind back to him no longer breathes. Edmond thinks of suicide, then decides he still wants to live, punish his enemies, and honor the man who saved him. If only the dead can leave this prison freely, he will take the dead man's place.

Edmond uses Faria's knife to cut open the sack and moves the body through the secret passage into his own cell. He dresses the corpse in his clothes and lays it on his bed so the jailer will think he is asleep. Then he climbs into the sack himself and sews it shut from the inside. He waits through the evening in terror, holding his breath when footsteps pass.

When the grave-diggers come, they carry him up the stairs and out into the night air. They stop on the cliff above the sea, tie a heavy iron shot to his feet, and swing him back and forth. Edmond stiffens his body as they count one, two, three and throw him into the water. He expected a grave on the island. Instead the Château d'If uses the sea as its cemetery.

A thirty-six-pound shot tied to his feet drags him down after a shrill cry is cut off by the waves. The chapter ends with Edmond sinking into the Mediterranean, still trapped in the dead man's shroud, while the fortress watches from the rocks above.