Граф Монте-Кристо

The Carnival at Rome.

           AteachpreviousvisithehadmadetoRome,hehadsolicitedandobtainedthesamefavor;andincitedasmuchbyareligiousfeelingasbygratitude,hewasunwillingtoquitthecapitaloftheChristianworldwithoutlayinghisrespectfulhomageatthefeetofoneofSt.Peter’ssuccessorswhohassettherareexampleofallthevirtues.HedidnotthenthinkoftheCarnival,forinspiteofhiscondescensionandtouchingkindness,onecannotinclineone’sselfwithoutawebeforethevenerableandnobleoldmancalledGregoryXVI.OnhisreturnfromtheVatican,FranzcarefullyavoidedtheCorso;hebroughtawaywithhimatreasureofpiousthoughts,towhichthemadgayetyofthemaskerswouldhavebeenprofanation.AttenminutespastfiveAlbertenteredoverjoyed.Theharlequinhadreassumedherpeasant’scostume,andasshepassedsheraisedhermask.Shewascharming.FranzcongratulatedAlbert,whoreceivedhiscongratulationswiththeairofamanconsciousthattheyaremerited.Hehadrecognizedbycertainunmistakablesigns,thathisfairincognitabelongedtothearistocracy.Hehadmadeuphismindtowritetoherthenextday.Franzremarked,whilehegavethesedetails,thatAlbertseemedtohavesomethingtoaskofhim,butthathewasunwillingtoaskit.Heinsisteduponit,declaringbeforehandthathewaswillingtomakeanysacrificetheotherwished.Albertlethimselfbepressedjustaslongasfriendshiprequired,andthenavowedtoFranzthathewoulddohimagreatfavorbyallowinghimtooccupythecarriagealonethenextday.

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