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While Finello and his friend carried Fabio to an open window in the antechamber, the valet procured some iced water. This simple remedy, and the change of atmosphere, proved enough to restore the fainting man to his senses, but hardly as it seemed to his friends to his former self.
I suppose my nerves are hardly in a fit state yet for masked balls and adventures; the sight of her seems to chill me. Who can she be?" "If she followed me a fourth time," said Finello, "I should insist on her unmasking." "And suppose she refused?" asked his friend "Then I should take her mask off for her." "It is impossible to do that with a woman," said Fabio.
"Finello, Count Fabio the ladies of Pisa!" Fabio raised the wine to his lips, and was on the point of drinking it, when he saw reflected in the glass the figure of the Yellow Mask. The glittering eyes were again fixed on him, and the yellow-hooded head bowed slowly, as if in acknowledgment of the toast he was about to drink.
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