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'Do not mention it, said Cucurullo, breathing quietly. 'I generally walk briskly myself. Thereupon he quickened his stride a little. 'You certainly walk surprisingly fast, said the ex-highwayman, who now had to make an effort himself in order to keep up with his companion.
"I ain't up here to do no harm," called the ex-highwayman. "I ain't got the spirit for warfare. My chief is killed, my pards is dead. Even that innocent stage-driver what knew nothing of us, is killed in the attack that Brick Willock made on us in the dark and behind our backs. How're you going to grow when the whole world knows you ain't nothing but a den of snakes?
It was Tommaso, the ex-highwayman who served the Bravi, and the expression of his eyes was not reassuring. 'Your Excellency does not remember me, he said. 'How should the Most Illustrious remember a poor valet? I served the Bishop of Porto for seven years, and often accompanied him to the palace here when he visited His Eminence Cardinal Altieri, who is now our Most Holy Father, Pope Clement.
'What have I done to deserve such an insinuation? asked the ex-highwayman indignantly, for he felt that his honour was assailed. 'Nothing whatever, answered the Bravo calmly, 'and I insinuated nothing that should shock your sensibilities, my good man. The profession has two branches, to one of which we belong, while you have followed the other.
On that occasion the ex-highwayman had told the hunchback that his masters would be only too glad to protect Stradella and his wife against Don Alberto, to the last drop of their blood, and that Cucurullo was free to inform the musician of their promise or not, as he pleased.
Are you aware that in the Via di Santa Sabina there is a small house which is almost always uninhabited, except in the month of October, when the owner goes there himself to see his wine made? Do you happen to remember that house? 'No, sir, answered the ex-highwayman, whose admiration for his employers' wide knowledge increased daily. 'But I can easily find it, for I know the road.
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