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It means reproaching him with not having avenged his wrong. Who mentioned the rimbecco to you?" "Yesterday, at Marseilles," replied Miss Lydia hurriedly, "the captain of the schooner used the word." "And whom was he talking about?" inquired Orso eagerly. "Oh, he was telling us some odd story about the time yes, I think it was about Vannina d'Ornano."
But her maid, who, being a Florentine, could not understand the Corsican dialect any better than her mistress, was as eager as Miss Lydia for information, and, turning to Orso, before the English lady could warn her by a nudge, she said: "Captain what does giving the rimbecco mean?" "The rimbecco!" said Orso. "Why, it's the most deadly insult that can be offered to a Corsican.
The sailor, with a jerk of his head, pointed to a figure appearing through the main hatchway of the schooner: it was Orso, coming up to enjoy the moonlight. "Pray finish your song," said Miss Lydia. "It interests me greatly!" The sailor leaned toward her, and said, in a very low tone, "I don't give the rimbecco to anybody!" "The what?" The sailor, without replying, began to whistle.
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