XIX. THE SECOND DAY, 257 XX. ANOTHER MIDNIGHT CONCLAVE, 269 XXI. THE THIRD DAY, 278 XXII. THE LAST SESSION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, 294 XXIII. THE SACK OF THE TUILERIES, 303 XXIV. A MEMORABLE NIGHT, 306 XXV. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, 313 XXVI. DANTES AND MERCEDES, 323 XXVII. ESPERANCE AND ZULEIKA, 334 XXVIII. CAPTAIN JOLIETTE'S LOVE, 343 XXIX. ZULEIKA GOES TO M. DANTES, 355 XXX. TWO INTERVIEWS, 362 XXXI. VAMPA'S ANSWER, 371 EDMOND DANTES. THE SEQUEL TO THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO. CHAPTER I. STORM AND SHIPWRECK. The Count of Monte-Cristo, with the beautiful Haydee clinging lovingly about his neck, her head pillowed upon his shoulder, stood on the deck of his superb yacht, the Alcyon, gazing at the fast-vanishing isle where he had left Maximilian Morrel and Valentine de Villefort. It was just daybreak, but by the faint glimmering light he could plainly distinguish the figures of a man and a woman upon the distant beach. They were walking arm in arm. Presently another figure, a man's, approached them and seemed to deliver something. "Look," said the Count to Haydee, "Jacopo has given Maximilian my letter; he reads it to Valentine, and now they know all. Jacopo points toward the yacht; they see us and are waving their handkerchiefs in token of adieu." Haydee raised her head and glanced in the direction of the Isle of Monte-Cristo. "I see them, my lord," she replied, in a joyous tone; "they are happy." "Yes," said the Count, "they are happy, but they deserve their happiness, and all is well." "They owe their happiness to you, my lord," resumed Haydee, meekly. "They owe it to God," answered Monte-Cristo, solemnly; "I was but His humble instrument, and He has allowed me in this to make some slight atonement for the wrong I committed in taking vengeance into my own mortal hands."