Граф Монте-Кристо

Roman Bandits.

           Theyoungmanlooked,bowedinobedience,andthenwenttoTeresa,andinvitedhertodanceinaquadrilledirectedbythecount’sdaughter.Teresafeltaflushpassoverherface;shelookedatLuigi,whocouldnotrefusehisassent.LuigislowlyrelinquishedTeresa’sarm,whichhehadheldbeneathhisown,andTeresa,accompaniedbyherelegantcavalier,tookherappointedplacewithmuchagitationinthearistocraticquadrille.Certainly,intheeyesofanartist,theexactandstrictcostumeofTeresahadaverydifferentcharacterfromthatofCarmelaandhercompanions;andTeresawasfrivolousandcoquettish,andthustheembroideryandmuslins,thecashmerewaist-girdles,alldazzledher,andthereflectionofsapphiresanddiamondsalmostturnedhergiddybrain.

           "Luigifeltasensationhithertounknownarisinginhismind.Itwaslikeanacutepainwhichgnawedathisheart,andthenthrilledthroughhiswholebody.HefollowedwithhiseyeeachmovementofTeresaandhercavalier;whentheirhandstouched,hefeltasthoughheshouldswoon;everypulsebeatwithviolence,anditseemedasthoughabellwereringinginhisears.Whentheyspoke,althoughTeresalistenedtimidlyandwithdowncasteyestotheconversationofhercavalier,asLuigicouldreadintheardentlooksofthegood-lookingyoungmanthathislanguagewasthatofpraise,itseemedasifthewholeworldwasturningroundwithhim,andallthevoicesofhellwerewhisperinginhisearsideasofmurderandassassination.

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