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'Supper! he said again, as musically and feelingly as before. 'You will make me mad with your whining! cried Gambardella angrily. 'You will drive me to commit a crime! 'One more will make no difference, returned Trombin, with great coolness.
He may make some little difficulty about receiving me, but that will only be in order to impress me with his greatness. Besides, you will give me a letter of introduction which I shall ask to present in person. 'I? Gambardella looked at his friend across his glass with an expression of inquiry. 'Certainly, answered Trombin.
'The situation strikes me as amusing, he said. 'I have always felt that destiny possesses a sense of humour which makes the wittiest French comedy lugubrious by comparison. 'You are easily amused, my friend, answered Gambardella gloomily, and picking out a very thin slice of Bologna sausage for his next mouthful.
'Altieri's thousand crowns, she heard Gambardella say distinctly; and then, in broken words, ... more than enough ... morning ... the Neapolitan frontier ... leave her here ... 'Judas! cried Trombin very audibly, and clearly in a rage. 'At your service, answered Gambardella, 'and instead of thirty pieces of silver, I fling a thousand in your face! You shall not have her!
He seemed disturbed, hesitated, and hung his head. Standing behind him, Gambardella laid a heavy hand on the slight shoulder, while Trombin, in front, grasped his left wrist roughly, to draw it out of his frock. At this the young monk suddenly burst into a flood of tears under his cowl, and began to sob bitterly.
There were wax candles on the table in handsome candlesticks, for a mere brass oil-lamp was not good enough for such fine gentlemen as Trombin and Gambardella when their pockets were full of money; and in the middle of the board a magnificent majolica basket was filled with cherries and green almonds.
'You and I were certainly meant to be lawyers or bankers, Trombin had observed at Rovigo over a bottle of very old Burgundy; 'for whichever of two cards turns up, we must win half the stakes. 'Both must turn up at the end of the deal, Gambardella had answered with decision, 'and we must win everything. 'Under Providence, Trombin had replied, 'we will.
'Indeed, Signor Count, he cried in a rather shaky voice, 'if it were my last word, I know nothing more of the lady and her woman! They left the house immediately, but I do not know whether they turned to the right or the left from my door, for I did not see them go out. 'Have you made any inquiries in the town? asked Gambardella in the same tone as before. 'No?
'Certainly, sir. Shall I wait at the side door of the church? It is a lonely place. 'Yes. Be there as soon as you can. The house is close by, but I could not easily make you understand which it is. Gambardella turned to Ortensia. 'Will you come with me? he asked. 'My friend and I have a carriage, and it is at the main door.
The serving-man they had hired in Venice had been a highway robber for several years, as they were well aware, and in an ordinary situation he might have made away with his masters' valuables, if entrusted with them; but he knew who Trombin and Gambardella were, and what they had done, and his admiration for such very superior cut-throats was boundless.
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