Граф Монте-Кристо

The Carnival at Rome.

           Hewasatleastforty;andyetitwaseasytounderstandthathewasformedtoruletheyoungmenwithwhomheassociatedatpresent.And,tocompletehisresemblancewiththefantasticheroesoftheEnglishpoet,thecountseemedtohavethepoweroffascination.Albertwasconstantlyexpatiatingontheirgoodfortuneinmeetingsuchaman.Franzwaslessenthusiastic;butthecountexercisedoverhimalsotheascendencyastrongmindalwaysacquiresoveramindlessdomineering.HethoughtseveraltimesoftheprojectthecounthadofvisitingParis;andhehadnodoubtbutthat,withhiseccentriccharacter,hischaracteristicface,andhiscolossalfortune,hewouldproduceagreateffectthere.AndyethedidnotwishtobeatPariswhenthecountwasthere.TheeveningpassedaseveningsmostlypassatItaliantheatres;thatis,notinlisteningtothemusic,butinpayingvisitsandconversing.TheCountessGwishedtorevivethesubjectofthecount,butFranzannouncedhehadsomethingfarnewertotellher,and,inspiteofAlbert’sdemonstrationsoffalsemodesty,heinformedthecountessofthegreateventwhichhadpreoccupiedthemforthelastthreedays.AssimilarintriguesarenotuncommoninItaly,ifwemaycredittravellers,thecomtessdidnotmanifesttheleastincredulity,butcongratulatedAlbertonhissuccess.Theypromised,uponseparating,tomeetattheDukeofBracciano’sball,towhichallRomewasinvited.Theheroineofthebouquetkeptherword;shegaveAlbertnosignofherexistencethemorroworthedayafter.

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