Julie learns at last that the Count is the family's mysterious benefactor Edmond Dantès, and weeps with joy over the treasured silken purse that once saved her father.
Julie Morrel, the tender heart of the Rue Meslay household, welcomes the Count of Monte Cristo (Edmond Dantès) as ever with delight—until the terrible scene in her brother Maximilian Morrel's room reveals that the count is the very benefactor the family has revered for years: Edmond Dantès, who rescued their father from ruin and sent, through the 'unknown of the Allées de Meilhan,' the silken purse she has kept as a sacred relic under a crystal globe. Overcome, she throws herself into his arms, then runs to fetch the purse, pressing it to her heart with tears 'like dewdrops on the rose,' refusing to surrender the relic even now she knows his face. Her joy is shadowed only by his gentle warning that he will soon leave the country forever; yet she clings to both the keepsake and the friend, embodying the pure gratitude that has been the count's one untainted reward in a life given to vengeance.
A gentle young married woman with a sweet, expressive face, plainly and elegantly dressed, her eyes bright with tears of joy.
The devoted sister who recognizes the family's benefactor and treasures the relic of his kindness.