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Turchi's dagger had evidently struck the amulet which the young man always wore around his neck. "Possibly," replied Julio, "Geronimo may wear some guard on his breast; it is the place against which a poignard is always aimed, and no one is secure in the darkness of night from the assault of an enemy or an assassin; but what is there in this circumstance to move you so deeply?"
He was displeased by the long absence of his nephew, and was about to remonstrate with him. But, by Turchi's explanation, this want of attention was pardoned, and he was even permitted to bid a hasty adieu to Mary and her father. He returned almost immediately, and offering his arm to his uncle, he left Mr. Van de Werve's house.
"Yes," he exclaimed, "and at the first tavern you meet on the way you will drown your senses with drink, and you will squander my money." "Not so, signor; rely upon me I will leave to-morrow morning at daybreak, and if I drink on the way it will only be to quench a burning thirst." Simon Turchi's eye shone with a sudden and mysterious light, excited by some secret thought.
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