Now that Dantes knows of the treasure of Monte Cristo he realizes what this fortune could mean for his plans for vengeance. This chapter foreshadows the future for Dantes. In reality, he is tossed into the stormy sea surrounding the Chateau D'If. He anticipates being buried, after which he will push up the soft earth, and obtain freedom. He substitutes himself for the dead priest¹s body in the body bag that the doctors provided. They will come pick up the body at ten or eleven o'clock. Dantes then hides out in the tunnel, where he hears that the Abbe is pronounced dead by the prison doctors. He calls out to Dantes and Dantes rushes to the aid of his mentor. The Abbe suffers from another attack, this one proving fatal. The fortune symbolizes how fate will once again turn in Dantes' favor. Dantes will now go seek this recompense for the time he spent in prison and he will then use it to exact revenge on his enemies. The Abbe had discovered the will and recovered the exact location of the treasure. Anticipating this evil deed, Sprada had made his nephew his sole heir, yet his nephew was also poisoned, and knowledge of the treasure disappeared with them. The story, as told by the Abbe Faria, is that the Pope had poisoned Caesar Sprada, the man who had possessed the great riches of Monte Cristo. Dantes will use a fortune that had belonged to a man who like himself had been robbed by ambitious men. The origins of the treasure create a strongly ironic plot twist. The Abbe gives Dantes the knowledge of the treasure because he anticipates his own death, and he has paternal affection for Dantes. By trusting the Abbe, whom others had believed to be crazy, he will amass a great fortune. The existence of a formidable treasure adds adventure to the plot and promises to give Dantes the financial resources he shall need to seek revenge upon his enemies. The Abbe considers Dantes his son of captivity. Abbe Faria tells Dantes that he meant to share the treasure with him once they escaped, but should the Abbe die, it shall all belong all to Dantes. Dantes at first thinks that the Abbe is crazy, but he changes his mind when he reads a letter, which reveals the exact location of the treasure. The existence was discovered by the Abbe by reading the will of Caesar Sprada, who had been made a Cardinal of Rome.
The Abbe reveals to Dantes the existence of a hidden treasure on the Island of Monte Cristo.
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