Граф Монте-Крісто

La Mazzolata.

           "Whichareyourwindows?"askedheofthecount,withasmuchindifferenceashecouldassume."Thethreelast,"returnedhe,withanegligenceevidentlyunaffected,forhecouldnotimaginewithwhatintentionthequestionwasput.Franzglancedrapidlytowardsthethreewindows.Thesidewindowswerehungwithyellowdamask,andthecentreonewithwhitedamaskandaredcross.ThemaninthemantlehadkepthispromisetotheTransteverin,andtherecouldnowbenodoubtthathewasthecount.Thethreewindowswerestilluntenanted.Preparationsweremakingoneveryside;chairswereplaced,scaffoldswereraised,andwindowswerehungwithflags.Themaskscouldnotappear;thecarriagescouldnotmoveabout;butthemaskswerevisiblebehindthewindows,thecarriages,andthedoors.

           Franz,Albert,andthecountcontinuedtodescendtheCorso.AstheyapproachedthePiazzadelPopolo,thecrowdbecamemoredense,andabovetheheadsofthemultitudetwoobjectswerevisible:theobelisk,surmountedbyacross,whichmarksthecentreofthesquare,andinfrontoftheobelisk,atthepointwherethethreestreets,delBabuino,delCorso,anddiRipetta,meet,thetwouprightsofthescaffold,betweenwhichglitteredthecurvedknifeofthemandaia.Atthecornerofthestreettheymetthecount’ssteward,whowasawaitinghismaster.Thewindow,letatanexorbitantprice,whichthecounthaddoubtlesswishedtoconcealfromhisguests,wasonthesecondfloorofthegreatpalace,situatedbetweentheViadelBabuinoandtheMontePincio.

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