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"Come again this evening; I shall probably be able to satisfy you." I called on the abbe again in the evening, for I felt anxious to learn in what way I had offended the lord borgello, to whom I thought I was quite unknown. The abbe satisfied me. "The borgello," said he, "saw your name on the bill which he receives daily containing a list of the names of those who enter or leave the city.
"Not more than anywhere else. He is the manager of the opera house, and the greatest noblemen dine with him and thus secure his favour." "It's incredible! But why should the high and mighty borgello send me away from Modena?" "I don't know, but do you take my advice and go and speak to him; you will find him a fine fellow."
"Not more than anywhere else. He is the manager of the opera house, and the greatest noblemen dine with him and thus secure his favour." "It's incredible! But why should the high and mighty borgello send me away from Modena?" "I don't know, but do you take my advice and go and speak to him; you will find him a fine fellow."
"If you like to stop at Parma for three days, and if you will promise to give me fifty sequins when I bring you the news that the borgello is dead, I promise to shoot him within the next twenty-four hours." "Thanks. Such an animal as that should be allowed to die a natural death. Here's a crown to drink my health."
"Very good," said I, and the fellow went away. "Who is that man?" I said to the landlord. "A spy; and the Government dares to send such a fellow to me?" "The 'borgello' must have sent him." "Then the 'borgello' is the Governor of Modena the infamous wretch!" "Hush! hush! all the best families speak to him in the street." "Then the best people are very low here, I suppose?"
"Come again this evening; I shall probably be able to satisfy you." I called on the abbe again in the evening, for I felt anxious to learn in what way I had offended the lord borgello, to whom I thought I was quite unknown. The abbe satisfied me. "The borgello," said he, "saw your name on the bill which he receives daily containing a list of the names of those who enter or leave the city.
"If you like to stop at Parma for three days, and if you will promise to give me fifty sequins when I bring you the news that the borgello is dead, I promise to shoot him within the next twenty-four hours." "Thanks. Such an animal as that should be allowed to die a natural death. Here's a crown to drink my health."
"Very good," said I, and the fellow went away. "Who is that man?" I said to the landlord. "A spy; and the Government dares to send such a fellow to me?" "The 'borgello' must have sent him." "Then the 'borgello' is the Governor of Modena the infamous wretch!" "Hush! hush! all the best families speak to him in the street." "Then the best people are very low here, I suppose?"
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