Morrel assumes that if such a letter exists, Dantès will give it to him. In conversation, Danglars hints at a letter that Dantès may be withholding from M. The package was for the Emperor Napoleon himself. Morrel that he merely stopped at Elba to deliver a package for the deceased Captain. Dantès clears his responsibility for this delay by clarifying to M. Morrel that Dantès delayed the ship's progress at the Island of Elba for a day and a half.
Morrel also converses with Danglars, the ship¹s accountant, who bears nothing but hate for Dantès. First, however, he must consult the boat's co-owner. Morrel is impressed and thus plans to officially make Dantès the captain of the ship. His crew is fond of him and they follow his orders quickly and precisely. Thus, it is now Dantès who commands the ship. Morrel finds that Dantès, a captain's mate when the ship left, has now assumed the captain's post because misfortune befell the ship and the aging war veteran, Captain Leclère, has died. He also has an aura of calmness and resolution that befits an individual accustomed to danger. He is described as eighteen or twenty years old with black eyes and "raven" black hair. Morrel and the reader encounter the protagonist, Edmond Dantès.
Morrel, watches his boat arrive in the harbor and he quickly jumps into a small skiff to go meet it. The date is Februand the vessel, the Pharaon is returning to Marseilles after a three month long journey.
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