"When do we depart?"
"To-morrow morning."
"And where am I to meet you?"
"On board of the Ice Bird."
"I shall be there."
"I depend on your word; remember my prophecy, that death is the fountain of life, and that your sin disappears when God gives you grace to save the lives of others! Farewell for to-day, by daybreak we meet again."
Monte-Cristo left the liquor store, the Spider and Jacopo looked after him with a glimpse of new awakening hope in their eyes.