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"I? shall I treacherously kill your ene has it been the custorievances of their nor"

"You value the life of a , you said," replied

Sie the most puerile

reasons as excuses You are a coward, Julio"

"I am not; but I do not choose to lie in wait and stab a e, to conceal your cowardice"

"Since it is so sinor?"

The scar on Simon Turchi's face becae; but by a strong effort he controlled his emotion, and

after a few moments he said, with a conteo I took you into h pity; I have paid you

well, excused all your faults, your intoxication, your passion for

gah you have deserved it a

hundred times; and nohen for the first tie I wished to try you What I said was only a

jest To-morrow, Julio, you will leave my service You are a liar and a

coward"