Граф Монте-Кристо

The Carnival at Rome.

           Themoccoli,ormoccoletti,arecandleswhichvaryinsizefromthepascaltapertotherushlight,andwhichgivetoeachactorinthegreatfinalsceneoftheCarnivaltwoveryseriousproblemstograpplewithfirst,howtokeephisownmoccolettoalight;andsecondly,howtoextinguishthemoccolettiofothers.Themoccolettoislikelife:manhasfoundbutonemeansoftransmittingit,andthatonecomesfromGod.Buthehasdiscoveredathousandmeansoftakingitaway,andthedevilhassomewhataidedhim.Themoccolettoiskindledbyapproachingittoalight.Butwhocandescribethethousandmeansofextinguishingthemoccoletto?thegiganticbellows,themonstrousextinguishers,thesuperhumanfans.EveryonehastenedtopurchasemoccolettiFranzandAlbertamongtherest.

           Thenightwasrapidlyapproaching;andalready,atthecryof"Moccoletti!"repeatedbytheshrillvoicesofathousandvendors,twoorthreestarsbegantoburnamongthecrowd.Itwasasignal.Attheendoftenminutesfiftythousandlightsglittered,descendingfromthePalazzodiVeneziatothePiazzadelPopolo,andmountingfromthePiazzodelPopolotothePalazzodiVenezia.Itseemedlikethefeteofjack-o’-lanterns.Itisimpossibletoformanyideaofitwithouthavingseenit.Supposethatallthestarshaddescendedfromtheskyandmingledinawilddanceonthefaceoftheearth;thewholeaccompaniedbycriesthatwereneverheardinanyotherpartoftheworld.

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