第三十一章 Italy: Sinbad the Sailor
Chapter 31, “Italy: Sinbad the Sailor,” follows two young Parisian noblemen—Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d’Épinay—as they arrange lodgings in Rome for the Carnival and embark on a side expedition that takes Franz to the Island of Monte Cristo, where he encounters smugglers, learns of pirate dangers, and comes ashore at night to meet a mixed group of outlaws around a beach fire.
Franz and Albert’s Carnival Plans
Franz and Albert’s Carnival Plans: In early 1838, Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d’Épinay, both of Parisian high society, meet in Florence and agree to attend that year’s Roman Carnival, with the Italy-experienced Franz serving as cicerone. To secure lodging they write to Signor Pastrini at the Hôtel de Londres in Piazza di Spagna, who offers only two rooms and a parlor on the third floor at a louis per day; they accept, and Albert departs for Naples to make use of the intervening time while Franz lingers in Florence.
Franz’s Elba Expedition
Franz’s Elba Expedition: Franz spends his remaining days exploring Florence’s Cascine and Florentine society, then conceives a notion to visit Elba—the “waiting-place of Napoleon”—having already seen Corsica, “the cradle of Bonaparte.” One evening he casts off a sailboat at Leghorn, wraps himself in his cloak, and orders the crew to make for Elba; he disembarks at Porto-Ferrajo, traces Napoleon’s footsteps across the island, re-embarks for Marciana, and later lands at Pianosa for a partridge hunt that yields little sport and leaves him out of temper.
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