Fernand Mondego and Edmond Dantès are dead. Five years later, a peace treaty with the Eastern Empire is finally being signed. Morrel returns to his beloved Valentine in Marseilles. Haydée, now attended by the Count's former servants, Bertuccio and Baptistin, and living on Janina, is preparing for her coronation. Benedetto and Caderousse are still at large. Mercédès visits the graves of Fernand and Edmond in Marseilles. Albert returns to Paris, where Eugénie once again lives, to visit his abandoned family home and the grave of Franz. Albert reminisces about the past five years and the lessons he has learned. The episode ends as Albert rushes to the nearby church where he hears Eugénie playing.