A bluff old sailor of the Pharaon, loyal to Morrel even after the ship is lost.
Penelon is a weather-bronzed old seaman of the Pharaon who, with seven or eight shipmates, survives her sinking off the African coast and is rescued by the Bordeaux vessel La Gironde. Twirling his ruined hat, he tells Morrel the whole tale of the storm and the ship's loss with rough good humor, and when Morrel can no longer pay full wages, he and his mates generously accept only fifty francs and offer to wait for the rest, refusing to be dismissed. Newly clad (secretly by Dantès's bounty), he later reappears aboard the miraculously restored Pharaon as she sails into harbor, signalling joyfully to his old master.
An old seaman bronzed by the tropical sun, weather-beaten and rough-spoken, forever shifting a quid of tobacco in his cheek.
The loyal old tar of the Pharaon, embodiment of the crew's devotion to Morrel.