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Updated: July 5, 2025
It was a long time before they reached the top of the mountain, so fluttered and exhausted was Jeanne, and it was evening when they got to Evisa, and went to the house of Paoli Palabretti, a relation of the guide's.
She took their hats, shawls, carrying all on one arm, for the other was in a sling, and then she made them all go outside, saying to her husband: "Go and take them for a walk until dinner time." M. Palabretti obeyed at once and walked between the two young people as he showed them the village.
She resisted and their lips met and parted, and the stream of cold water splashed their faces, their necks, their clothes and their hands, and their kisses mingled in the stream. They were a long time reaching the summit of the declivity, as the road was so winding and uneven, and they did not reach Evisa until evening and the house of Paoli Palabretti, a relative of their guide.
Jeanne asked: "And what became of the assassin?" Paoli Palabretti had a long fit of coughing and then said: "He escaped to the mountain. It was my brother who killed him the following year. You know, my brother, Philippi Palabretti, the bandit." Jeanne shuddered. "Your brother a bandit?" With a gleam of pride in his eye, the calm Corsican replied: "Yes, madame. He was celebrated, that one.
She took their hats and shawls and arranged everything with one hand, for her other arm was in a sling; then she turned them all out, saying to her husband: "Take them for a walk till dinner is ready." M. Palabretti obeyed at once, and, walking between Jeanne and her husband, he took them round the village.
Paoli coughed for some time, then he went on: "He gained the mountain, and my brother killed him the next year. My brother, Philippi Palabretti, the bandit, you know." Jeanne shuddered. "Is your brother a bandit?" she asked. The placid Corsican's eye flashed proudly. "Yes, madame, he was a celebrated bandit, he was; he put an end to six gendarmes.
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