Chapter 21: Zuleika Learns the Truth

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​⁠Nothing occurred to impede the progress of the Haydee and, after a rapid and pleasant voyage, the beautiful craft cast anchor in the harbor of Civita Vecchia, the principal seaport city of the Pontifical States, which owes its origin to the Emperor Trajan. The strict quarantine regulations of the place caused a brief delay, which Monte-Cristo and Zuleika bore with ill-concealed impatience, but the