But now her position in life is assured," continued Caderousse; "no doubt fortune and honors have comforted her; she is rich, a countess, and yet"-- Caderousse paused.
"And yet what ?" asked the abbe.
"Yet, I am sure, she is not happy," said Caderousse.
"What makes you believe this ?" "Why, when I found myself utterly destitute, I thought my old friends would, perhaps, assist me.

So I went to Danglars, who would not even receive me.

I called on Fernand, who sent me a hundred francs by his valet-de-chambre." "Then you did not see either of them ?" "No, but Madame de Morcerf saw me." "How was that ?" "As I went away a purse fell at my feet--it contained five and twenty louis; I raised my head quickly, and saw Mercedes, who at once shut the blind." "And M.de Villefort ?" asked the abbe.
"Oh, he never was a friend of mine, I did not know him, and I had nothing to ask of him." "Do you not know what became of him, and the share he had in Edmond's misfortunes ?" "No; I only know that some time after Edmond's arrest, he married Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran, and soon after left Marseilles; no doubt he has been as lucky as the rest; no doubt he is as rich as Danglars, as high in station as Fernand.

I only, as you see, have remained poor, wretched, and forgotten." "You are mistaken, my friend," replied the abbe; "God may seem sometimes to forget for a time, while his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers--and behold--a proof!" As he spoke, the abbe took the diamond from his pocket, and giving it to Caderousse, said,--"Here, my friend, take this diamond, it is yours." "What, for me only ?" cried Caderousse, "ah, sir, do not jest with me!" "This diamond was to have been shared among his friends.

Edmond had one friend only, and thus it cannot be divided.