Граф Монте-Крісто

The Colosseum.

           TheverynameassumedbyhishostofMonteCristoandagainrepeatedbythelandlordoftheHoteldeLondres,abundantlyprovedtohimthathisislandfriendwasplayinghisphilanthropicpartontheshoresofPiombino,Civita–Vecchio,Ostia,andGaeta,asonthoseofCorsica,Tuscany,andSpain;andfurther,FranzbethoughthimofhavingheardhissingularentertainerspeakbothofTunisandPalermo,provingtherebyhowlargelyhiscircleofacquaintancesextended.

           Buthoweverthemindoftheyoungmanmightbeabsorbedinthesereflections,theywereatoncedispersedatthesightofthedarkfrowningruinsofthestupendousColosseum,throughthevariousopeningsofwhichthepalemoonlightplayedandflickeredliketheunearthlygleamfromtheeyesofthewanderingdead.ThecarriagestoppedneartheMetaSudans;thedoorwasopened,andtheyoungmen,eagerlyalighting,foundthemselvesoppositeacicerone,whoappearedtohavesprungupfromtheground,sounexpectedwashisappearance.

           Theusualguidefromthehotelhavingfollowedthem,theyhadpaidtwoconductors,norisitpossible,atRome,toavoidthisabundantsupplyofguides;besidestheordinarycicerone,whoseizesuponyoudirectlyyousetfootinyourhotel,andneverquitsyouwhileyouremaininthecity,thereisalsoaspecialciceronebelongingtoeachmonumentnay,almosttoeachpartofamonument.

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