Граф Монте-Кристо

The Colosseum.

           Scarcely,therefore,hadthereflectiveFranzwalkedahundredstepsbeneaththeinteriorporticoesoftheruin,than,abandoningAlberttotheguides(whowouldbynomeansyieldtheirprescriptiverightofcarryingtheirvictimsthroughtheroutineregularlylaiddown,andasregularlyfollowedbythem,butdraggedtheunconsciousvisitortothevariousobjectswithapertinacitythatadmittedofnoappeal,beginning,asamatterofcourse,withtheLions’Den,andfinishingwithCaesar’s"Podium,"),toescapeajargonandmechanicalsurveyofthewondersbywhichhewassurrounded,Franzascendedahalf-dilapidatedstaircase,and,leavingthemtofollowtheirmonotonousround,seatedhimselfatthefootofacolumn,andimmediatelyoppositealargeaperture,whichpermittedhimtoenjoyafullandundisturbedviewofthegiganticdimensionsofthemajesticruin.

           Franzhadremainedfornearlyaquarterofanhourperfectlyhiddenbytheshadowofthevastcolumnatwhosebasehehadfoundaresting-place,andfromwhencehiseyesfollowedthemotionsofAlbertandhisguides,who,holdingtorchesintheirhands,hademergedfromavomitariumattheoppositeextremityoftheColosseum,andthenagaindisappeareddownthestepsconductingtotheseatsreservedfortheVestalvirgins,resembling,astheyglidedalong,somerestlessshadesfollowingtheflickeringglareofsomanyignes-fatui.Allatoncehisearcaughtasoundresemblingthatofastonerollingdownthestaircaseoppositetheonebywhichhehadhimselfascended.

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