Moreover, from being so long in twilight or darkness, his eyes had acquired the faculty of distinguishing objects in the night, common to the hyena and the wolf. Edmond smiled when he beheld himself; it was impossible that his best friend⁠—if, indeed, he had any friend left⁠—could recognize him; he could not recognize himself.

The master of La Jeune Amélie , who was very desirous of retaining amongst his crew a man of Edmond’s value, had offered to advance him funds out of his future profits, which Edmond had accepted. His next care on leaving the barber’s who had achieved his first metamorphosis was to enter a shop and buy a complete sailor’s suit⁠—a garb, as we all know, very simple, and consisting of white trousers, a striped shirt, and a cap.