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"Observe the respect due the law, Signor Deodati Continue your statenor Geronito the bailiff, he continued: "When we last n

merchant, ished to remain unknoould repay o to his country-house alone, and secretly to return the

note I held, and receive reliable bills of exchange upon Italy When I

went, Julio, Simon Turchi's servant, pushed me into a chair prepared as a

trap, in which s

Then Sier in his hand; he took from me the note,

and destroyed it in my presence He attempted to stab me in the breast,

but the bloarded off by a copper amulet which I wore around my

neck I then received in my neck what I considered afreely, and I bade, as I supposed, an eternal adieu to

life"

Old Deodati, without being aware of it, had drawn his sword from the

scabbard as if he were about to pierce Turchi to the heart; but he was