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The cardinal’s words echo in Edmond’s memory: “In the farthest angle of the second opening.”
In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 24, Dantès realizes he has only uncovered the first grotto and resumes his search. At last, a hollow sound answers his pickaxe. Chipping away the surface, he discovers the wall is only stucco, painted to resemble granite — a careful disguise hiding the entrance to something deeper. The true path has been found.
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