Caderousse and Reward

February 19th, 1824

    Just recently, I visited one of my wrongdoers, Caderousse.  I went under the name of Abbe Busoni so I will not be recognized or noticed as my former self.
     Caderousse was running an inn in Marseilles.  He wasn't doing very well though.  I posed as the executer of my own will and showed him a large diamond that could be his.  Caderousse began to tell me the whole story about the betrayal of the man he once knew.    Danglars, Fernand and Caderousse framed me so I would be imprisoned.  I also learned that my father had passed away and Mercedes had married Fernand.  Finally, he told me that my former ship owner, Morrel, is close to losing all of his money.  Various catastrophes sunk all of his ships but the Pharaon.  He is on the verge of despair.  I was filled with a renewed sense of rage and sadness.
     Caderousse admitted to feeling awful and tormented after I was put in prison.  For his kind words of regret, I gave him the entire diamond.
     Upon leaving Caderousse, I decided to save Morell from all of his debt.  I anonymously left a bag of paid debt notes in his house and a large diamond.  He is a good man and deserves to be saved from misfortune.