Volume 1, Chapter 14: The Two Prisoners

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌⁠A year after Louis XVIII.’s restoration, a visit was made by the inspector-general of prisons. Dantès in his cell heard the noise of preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been inaudible to any but the ear of a prisoner, who could hear the splash of the drop of water that every hour fell from the roof of his dungeon. He guessed something uncommon was passing among the living