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Updated: June 24, 2025
"It is infamous! it is infamous!" I repeated, waving my arms, which trembled from anger. Then Michel-Angelo Polizzi let himself fall into a chair in the attitude of a dying hero. I saw his eyes fill with tears, and his hair until then flamboyant and erect upon his head fall down in limp disorder over his brow. "I am a father, Excellence! I am a father!" he groaned, wringing his hands.
The fellow was taking further advantage of my weakness to make me circulate the name of Rafael Polizzi among the Societies of the learned! My hand was already on the door-knob, when the Sicilian caught me by the arm; he had a look as of sudden inspiration. "Ah! Excellence!" he cried, "what a city is this city of ours! It gave birth to Empedocles! Empedocles! What a great man what a great citizen!
"Yes, Madame," I said, "but that abominable Polizzi, to whom I advise you not to send Monsieur Trepof, has made me fall out for ever with Empedocles; and this portrait is not at all of a nature to make me feel more kindly to the ancient philosopher." "Oh!" declared Madame Trepof, "it is ugly, but it is rare! These boxes are not exported at all; you can buy them only where they are made.
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