Граф Монте-Кристо

La Mazzolata.

           Theprisoners,transportedthepreviouseveningfromtheCarcereNuovotothelittlechurchofSantaMariadelPopolo,hadpassedthenight,eachaccompaniedbytwopriests,inachapelclosedbyagrating,beforewhichweretwosentinels,whowererelievedatintervals.Adoublelineofcarbineers,placedoneachsideofthedoorofthechurch,reachedtothescaffold,andformedacirclearoundit,leavingapathabouttenfeetwide,andaroundtheguillotineaspaceofnearlyahundredfeet.Alltherestofthesquarewaspavedwithheads.Manywomenheldtheirinfantsontheirshoulders,andthusthechildrenhadthebestview.TheMontePincioseemedavastamphitheatrefilledwithspectators;thebalconiesofthetwochurchesatthecorneroftheViadelBabuinoandtheViadiRipettawerecrammed;thestepsevenseemedaparti-coloredsea,thatwasimpelledtowardstheportico;everynicheinthewallhelditslivingstatue.Whatthecountsaidwastruethemostcuriousspectacleinlifeisthatofdeath.Andyet,insteadofthesilenceandthesolemnitydemandedbytheoccasion,laughterandjestsarosefromthecrowd.Itwasevidentthattheexecutionwas,intheeyesofthepeople,onlythecommencementoftheCarnival.Suddenlythetumultceased,asifbymagic,andthedoorsofthechurchopened.Abrotherhoodofpenitents,clothedfromheadtofootinrobesofgraysackcloth,withholesfortheeyes,andholdingintheirhandslightedtapers,appearedfirst;thechiefmarchedatthehead.Behindthepenitentscameamanofvaststatureandproportions.

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