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The count made a gesture signifying that the lady had lost her balance, and, amid the coarse laughter of his comrades, he continued: "I went ahead, but the young booby ran after me, cursed me, and tore my cigar out of my mouth. I drew my sword, but the woman clutched my arm and cried: 'You killed the father on the 3d of January, on the Corsa dei Servi spare the son.
Angry murmurs arose. "They wish to mock us," said a young man. "Radetzky's minions have murdered my brother; I demand revenge!" "My mother was wounded at Corsa," said a second. "No compromises: war!" "Yes, war to the knife!" shouted the whole assembly. "One moment!" exclaimed Monte-Cristo, in a tone of command. "I know how angry you all are, and yet counsel you to reflect.
The surfaces are greased by rags and are polished by the passage of 'cars' or coach-sleighs, which irreverents call 'cow-carts; these vehicles, evidently suggested by the corsa, or common sleigh, consist of a black-curtained carriage-body mounted on runners. The queer cobble-pavement, that resembles the mosaics of clams and palm-nuts further south, has sundry advantages.
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