“Yes, if you have nothing more to say to me.”

“Nothing.”

“Captain Leclère did not, before he died, give you a letter for me?”

“He was unable to write, sir. But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days.”

“To get married?”

“Yes, first, and then to go to Paris.”

“Very good; have what time you require, Dantès. It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until three months after that; only be back again in three months, for the Pharaon ,” added the owner, patting the young sailor on the back, “cannot sail without her captain.”