Граф Монте-Крісто

The Colosseum.

           Wornoutatlength,hefellasleepatdaybreak,anddidnotawaketilllate.LikeagenuineFrenchman,Alberthademployedhistimeinarrangingfortheevening’sdiversion;hehadsenttoengageaboxattheTeatroArgentino;andFranz,havinganumberofletterstowrite,relinquishedthecarriagetoAlbertforthewholeoftheday.Atfiveo’clockAlbertreturned,delightedwithhisday’swork;hehadbeenoccupiedinleavinghislettersofintroduction,andhadreceivedinreturnmoreinvitationstoballsandroutsthanitwouldbepossibleforhimtoaccept;besidesthis,hehadseen(ashecalledit)alltheremarkablesightsatRome.Yes,inasingledayhehadaccomplishedwhathismoreserious-mindedcompanionwouldhavetakenweekstoeffect.NeitherhadheneglectedtoascertainthenameofthepiecetobeplayedthatnightattheTeatroArgentino,andalsowhatperformersappearedinit.

           Theoperaof"Parisina"wasannouncedforrepresentation,andtheprincipalactorswereCoselli,Moriani,andLaSpecchia.Theyoungmen,therefore,hadreasontoconsiderthemselvesfortunateinhavingtheopportunityofhearingoneofthebestworksbythecomposerof"LuciadiLammermoor,"supportedbythreeofthemostrenownedvocalistsofItaly.AlberthadneverbeenabletoenduretheItaliantheatres,withtheirorchestrasfromwhichitisimpossibletosee,andtheabsenceofbalconies,oropenboxes;allthesedefectspressedhardonamanwhohadhadhisstallattheBouffes,andhadsharedalowerboxattheOpera.

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