Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.

           MeanwhileM.Cavalcantitheelderhadreturnedtohisservice,notinthearmyofhismajestytheEmperorofAustria,butatthegaming-tableofthebathsofLucca,ofwhichhewasoneofthemostassiduouscourtiers.Hehadspenteveryfarthingthathadbeenallowedforhisjourneyasarewardforthemajesticandsolemnmannerinwhichhehadmaintainedhisassumedcharacteroffather.M.AndreaathisdepartureinheritedallthepaperswhichprovedthathehadindeedthehonorofbeingthesonoftheMarquisBartolomeoandtheMarchionessOlivaCorsinari.HewasnowfairlylaunchedinthatParisiansocietywhichgivessuchreadyaccesstoforeigners,andtreatsthem,notastheyreallyare,butastheywishtobeconsidered.Besides,whatisrequiredofayoungmaninParis?Tospeakitslanguagetolerably,tomakeagoodappearance,tobeagoodgamester,andtopayincash.TheyarecertainlylessparticularwithaforeignerthanwithaFrenchman.Andreahad,then,inafortnight,attainedaveryfairposition.Hewascalledcount,hewassaidtopossess50,000livresperannum;andhisfather’simmenseriches,buriedinthequarriesofSaravezza,wereaconstanttheme.Alearnedman,beforewhomthelastcircumstancewasmentionedasafact,declaredhehadseenthequarriesinquestion,whichgavegreatweighttoassertionshithertosomewhatdoubtful,butwhichnowassumedthegarbofreality.

           SuchwasthestateofsocietyinParisattheperiodwebringbeforeourreaders,whenMonteCristowentoneeveningtopayM.Danglarsavisit.M.

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